The FBI spent time investigating the activities of Martin Luther King. They maintained records of certain of Dr. King's personal activities in case these were needed in the event of a political or social crisis.
The FBI participated in the investigation of his death.
The notorious letter sent by the FBI to Martin Luther King Jr. contained threatening language and attempts to discredit him, including references to his personal life and alleged extramarital affairs.
There are no verifiable publications to suggest that martin Luther King had any children out of wedlock. There have been allegations made that King had a number of extra-marital affairs, supposedly discovered by FBI surveillance. Details of the FBI findings remain closed.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968.Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 and died in 1968.Yes, in April 1968. yes he was. I'm not sure who by but he did get shot. he was shot by someone who didn't agree with him on the civil rights for black and white Americans. the FBI did raise concern to him at the time though.
Martin Luther King opposed sacerdotalism and considered all baptized Christians to be a holy priesthood.
i have heard through the grapvine that the FBI has a video tape of king doing cocaine with two white prostitutes.
the most notorious liar
That's the rumor but you know what happens to people who speak ill of the dead!
Lyndon Johnson was President in 1968 when King was assassinated.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was threatened, hit, kicked, stabbed, arrested, and jailed, but one insident stands out from the rest. In 1964, King alledgedly received a letter from the FBI. Though annonymous, it is suspected that it may have been from J. Edgar Hoover himself. The letter was accusatory and threatening. To read more about it, visit the Related Link.
Hoover saw the Civil Rights Movement as inspired by communism. In 1964, in response to King's statements that the FBI was lax on investigating racial crimes, Hoover called King "the most notorious liar in the country."
Answer 1James Earl Ray was not a member of the KKK. But the FBI thinks that the KKK gave him $100,000 for killing Martin Luther King Jr. He was convicted for assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. but always denied it. The King family unsuccessfully tried to get his case reconsidered as they believed that he was innocent. He died in prison.Answer 2his conviction was a guilty plea he took and he was sentenced to 99 years. he after tried to take his plea back and get tried by a jury but his appeal was denied