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GreatGazoo

(4,544 posts) Mon Apr 4, 2016, 08:54 AM Apr 2016

Silent thread for MLK Jr.

On Vietnam:

RFK on our loss:

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Silent thread for MLK Jr. (Original Post) GreatGazoo Apr 2016 OP

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. Hiraeth Apr 2016 #13

I don't want to be silent about the murder of this great man Fast Walker 52 Apr 2016 #14

+1 nationalize the fed Apr 2016 #46

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JackInGreen

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Mon Apr 4, 2016, 08:55 AM

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Blue_Tires

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Mon Apr 4, 2016, 09:02 AM

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Coretta Scott King consoled by Robert & Ethel Kennedy after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination
https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/716980380792782852

Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated tonight 1968-here afterwards, his open briefcase in motel room
https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/716975700209569793

LBJ’s letter to Coretta Scott King after her husband’s assassination, which occurred today 1968

Grey

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RepubliCON-Watch

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irisblue

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I was just a kid in 5th grade.

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retrowire

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kadaholo

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Mon Apr 4, 2016, 09:52 AM

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Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Hiraeth

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Mon Apr 4, 2016, 10:23 AM

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Fast Walker 52

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14. I don't want to be silent about the murder of this great man

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Mon Apr 4, 2016, 10:33 AM

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I highly recommend this book that shows the ugly truth of our government:

Orders to Kill: The Truth Behind the Murder of Martin Luther King
by William F. Pepper

nationalize the fed

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Tue Apr 5, 2016, 04:23 AM

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Dr. Martin Luther King’s family and personal friend/attorney, William F. Pepper, won a civil trial that found US government agencies guilty of assassination/ wrongful death. The 1999 trial, King Family versus Jowers and Other Unknown Co-Conspirators, is the only trial ever conducted on the assassination of Dr. King. The King Center fully documents the case, with full trial transcript.
http://liesaboutmlk.com/martin-luther-king-assassinated-by-us-govt-king-family-civil-trial-verdict/

NSA Monitoring of King’s Communications

In a secret operation code-named “Minaret”, the National Security Agency (NSA) monitored the communications of leading Americans, including King, who criticized the U.S. war in Vietnam. A review by the NSA itself concluded that Minaret was “disreputable if not outright illegal.