The good die young.
I was with Young Blood (James Brown) yesterday and he told me a story about him being on the road in Memphis and stayed in the same hotel MLK did but had checked out two days before the tragic event. It affects him to this day. Great picture. I forwarded it to him.
I was with Young Blood (James Brown) yesterday and he told me a story about him being on the road in Memphis and stayed in the same hotel MLK did but had checked out two days before the tragic event. It affects him to this day. Great picture. I forwarded it to him.
I still haven't studied his life enough to separate fact from fiction. All I know for sure is that I was too ignorant to appreciate him in his time, and I'm sure I should have.
"I may not get there with you..."
Damn.
I don't know about his whole life. I'm sure he was flawed like all of us but it is undeniable that he brought about profound change in our country without resorting to violence and was dealt a grotesquely foul deed. Shame on those who did it.
I agree with every word.
Hoover had a particular hostility to King, believing or pretending that King was a Communist. The FBI monitored him closely from 1955 until his death. He was subjected to multiple COINTELPRO operations. Whether the surveillance and the operations yielded enough substance or even grains of truth to justify their campaign against him is IMO doubtful
I'm a subscriber to "those."