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Martin Luther King, Jr.The King family and their attorney, William Pepper, say that James Earl Ray was innocent and Martin Luther King was killed in a government conspiracy. We track this in Articles/Artículos. There is a Martin Luther King Center in Havana. Event April 4, 2018, Homenaje a Martin Luther King, Jr. Nuestro homenaje a Martin Luther KIng Jr. Además de nuevamente mostrar
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Who killed Martin Luther King Jr.? His family believes James Earl Ray was
framed. 4/3/2018 MSN: "“There is abundant evidence,” Coretta King said
after the verdict, “of a major, high-level conspiracy in the assassination of my
husband.” The jury found the mafia and various government agencies “were deeply
involved in the assassination. … Mr. Ray was set up to take the blame.” But
nothing changed afterward. No vast sums of money were awarded (the Kings sought
only $100), and Ray was not exonerated. King’s two other surviving children,
Dexter, 57, and Martin III, 60, fully agree that Ray was innocent. And their
view of the case is shared by other respected black leaders. “I think there was
a major conspiracy to remove Doctor King from the American scene,” said Rep.
John Lewis (D-Ga.), a 78-year-old civil rights icon. “I don’t know what
happened, but the truth of what happened to Dr. King should be made available
for history’s sake.”
When the Revolution Was Televised 4/1/2018 The Atlantic: "Julian Bond,
reflecting on the era in which he’d helped run press relations for the SCLC, was
unflinching in his assessment of media’s structural imperatives. “What the media
craved was a steady diet of bold mass action campaigns in the streets, ideally
faced by violent white resistance, which could dramatize the issues at stake and
make good print or electronic copy,” Bond wrote."
Did the Elites Have Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Killed? 1/24/2014 CounterPunch
Gov’t
That Surveilled MLK in Bid to Destroy Him Wants Us to Trust Them 1/22/2014 Common
Dreams: "The reaction of the head of the FBI and the attorney general of the US
to King’s dream that little boys and girls of different races would play games
with each other was to record his every word and action and those of his
friends. If that speech can get you that kind of scrutiny in the USA, then why
should we ever trust any high government official with our personal
information?"
Martin Luther King assassination in 1968 a ‘cruel and wanton act’ 4/4/2012 WaPo
Fraud Fit For A King: Israel, Zionism, And The Misuse Of MLK 3/1/2012 Znet: published
1/03
Martin Luther King Assassination: James Earl Ray's Lawyers Proposed Arguing
There Was A Conspiracy 1/17/2012 Huffington Post
Invoking MLK and Rosa Parks in Cuban Exile Politics 5/30/2009 AfroCubaWeb: "Another
exile platform extolling the virtues of Antúnez and Rosa Parks is the blog of
Marc Masferrer, the nephew of El Tigre Masferrer, who maintains a page on
Antúnez. El Tigre, a notorious terrorist and leader of his own private militia,
actually spent time in a US federal prison for attempting to invade Haiti so he
could use it as a base for invading Cuba."
Dr King's Prediction 1/19/2009 BBC: Interview from 1964, with MLK
predicting a black president in less than 40 years.
The Assassinations of the 1960s as "Deep Events" 10/17/2008 History
Matters: [by Peter Dale Scott, brilliant as always] - "In writing this paper I
have been helped immeasurably by the Mary Ferrell Foundation website,
http://www.maryferrell.org. This comparative approach is now made much easier by
the addition of MLK and RFK files to the existing JFK collection. As there is
far more research to be done, I am hoping that some younger resercher will take
advantage of this new opportunity."
MLK Assassination Conspiracy Trial - Pepper's Closing Statement 5/1/2008 YouTube: "Dr.
William F. Pepper presents his closing statement to the jury in the MLK Jr.
Assassination Conspiracy Trial." - 1999
Gandhi, King, and Marti: Brothers in Thought - Conference at Florida
International University 4/28/2008 Free Cuba Foundation: "The FREE CUBA
Foundation (FCF) at Florida International University invited all those persons
interested in non-violence and the writings of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther
King Jr., and Jose Marti to attend the conference held at the FIU campus on the
60th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination on January 30, 2008 and now
we are preparing a final conference on April 3, 2008 on the eve of the 40th
anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination."
Uncovering the Coverage 4/8/2008 Acorn: Published in 2000 - "On December 9,
1999, on page A23, next to the weather and the national classified ads, The New
York Times reported on the verdict in Memphis. By way of background information,
the Times claimed that James Ray confessed to firing the shot that killed Dr.
King --- which is not true --- and added a quote from Gerald Posner: "It
distresses me greatly that the legal system was used in such a callous and
farcical manner in Memphis. If the King family wanted a rubber stamp of their
own view of the facts, they got it." With that broad swipe at the King family,
the judge, the attorneys, and the jury's verdict, the Times's story closed."
The Martin
Luther King Conspiracy Exposed in Memphis 4/8/2008 Probe
Magazine: Published in 2000, recounts the 1999 trial in Memphis which identified
various elements of the US government as co-conspirators in the MLK murder.
Martin Luther King and Civil Rights 4/8/2008 Education Forum: set of
threads on MLK, mostly on his assassination.
Has the King Family Been Bamboozled by William Pepper? 4/5/2008 Daily
Kos: "Because I admire Martin and Coretta Scott King so much, I feel compelled
to do a follow-up while the interest in King's life and death is so high. So
today I would like to explore William Pepper, the man who has wormed his way
into King's legacy and seems intent on doing irreparable harm to it."
MLK in Port au Prince prison with Fr. Jean-Juste 1/18/2006 SF Bay View
Is Raoul Frenchy? 4/5/2005 Education Forum: thread on identification of
Raoul, who guided James Earl Ray during the MLK assassination.
MLK Assassination Song
THEY SLEW THE DREAMER by Gary Revel Free Download Now 3/14/2005 PR Leap
Ray's aliases 1/16/2005 xymphora: "Melanson tracked down the Canadians, and
the scenario he details in his 1989 book, The Murkin Conspiracy, is downright
chilling. Months before the assassination, Ray was using the alias, 'Eric Starvo
Galt.' Melanson discovered that, during the same period, the Toronto man named
Eric Galt was signing his middle name, St. Vincent, as 'St. V.,' scribbling
lopsided circles for the periods, so that the full name looked to the
uninitiated like 'Eric Starvo Galt.' In an impressive bit of detection, Melanson
found that at some point, the real Eric St. Vincent Galt changed his signature,
and began signing documents and personal checks as Eric S. Galt. At about the
same time, the recidivist American crook James Earl Ray changed his alias to
'Eric S. Galt.' And this was months before Ray's first and only visit to
Toronto!"
MLK's Sister Says He Foresaw Own Death 4/3/2004 AP
Eyewitness to MLK's death speaks 2/21/2004 Parkersburg News, WV
Government attacks on MLK show need to protect rights 1/22/2004 Radio
Progresso: "On Nov. 23, 2003, reporters revealed an internal FBI memo showing
that the agency has closely monitored antiwar organizations that demonstrated
against the Bush administration's belligerent foreign policy. The FBI, which had
previously denied the charges, fessed up, but argued that it narrowly limits its
surveillance to criminal elements. But the document shows the government
singling out even entirely legal activities such as online fundraising and
videotaping arrests at protests to record police abuses. In May 2002, Attorney
General John Ashcroft announced new FBI guidelines that, with the help of the
Patriot Act, allow the agency to have undercover agents infiltrate church groups
and political organizations, even without any evidence of a criminal activity.
Julian Bond, a prominent 1960s civil rights activist and current chair of the
NAACP, recently quipped that we now live in the times of “J. Edgar Ashcroft.” "
Black students walk out on Jeb Bush's MLK day speech at FAMU 1/19/2004 AP
Tenn. Court Dismisses MLK Rifle Appeal 10/16/2003 AP: "A Tennessee appeals
court has thwarted an attempt by the brother of Martin Luther King Jr.'s
assassin to obtain the rifle purported to have killed the civil rights leader.
Jerry Ray has been trying to obtain the .30-06-caliber hunting rifle since James
Earl Ray died five years ago. He and King's family say they doubt the rifle was
the murder weapon and contend James Earl Ray was the fall guy for a murder
conspiracy."
Chairman of House sub-committee on King assassination sheds light on new
evidence in Dr. King murder 8/22/2003 Final Call: "While the search for the
truth about the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continues 35
years later, Rev. Walter E. Fauntroy, chairman of the House Sub-Committee that
investigated the King Assassination in 1978, spoke with The Final Call in
response to the allegation that the King Family accused the Rev. Jesse L.
Jackson and Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles of complicity in the assassination of Dr.
King. "There is no evidence that our committee uncovered, that implicated in any
way the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson or Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles in the conspiracy to
kill Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. That is one thing that has to be clear on the
basis of somebody who speaks with that authority" he added."
Did the FBI Play a Role in King's Death? 7/15/2003 LA Times
Review - An Act of State: the Execution of Martin Luther King 6/11/2003 Green
Left, Australia
William F. Pepper - An Act of State - The Execution of Martin Luther King Talk
given at Modern Times Bookstore, San Francisco, CA 2/4/2003 Ratical: "He is
depicted on King Day as a civil rights leader. And that's the way you're going
to see him probably forever. But he was much more than a civil rights leader and
that's what no one in official capacity wants you to know. He had moved well
beyond the civil rights movement by 1964-65 and he had become effectively a
world-figure in terms of human rights people and particularly the poor of this
earth. That's where he was going."
Target: Martin Luther King A New Look at America's Most Unresolved Assassination 1/8/2003 Village
Voice
King
Conspiracy Theories 1/1/2003 InfoPlease: "A variety of outlandish
conspiracy theories abound, but the evidence still squarely points to James Earl
Ray"
Percy Foreman - Mouthpiece or Silencer? 1/1/2003 JFK Research: "Percy
Foreman was a prominent Houston criminal attorney who represented James Earl
Ray. While Ray was awaiting trial for killing Martin Luther King, Foreman showed
up unannounced at the prison and convinced the accused assassin to drop his
lawyers in favor of him. Foreman convinced him that his attorneys were not
adequate for a trial of that magnitude, and that he risked the electric chair if
he did not retain him instead. Despite Foreman’s highly unethical approach, Ray
agreed to change attorneys. Foreman assured Ray that there was no case against
him, and that he would not only save him from the electric chair, but prove him
innocent. However, on the eve of the trial, Foreman informed the accused
assassin that he would be found guilty and sentenced to death if he did not
agree to a plea-bargain. Terrified and left without any other options, Ray
pleaded guilty and was sentenced by the Court to ninety-nine years in jail… In
1975, Foreman was indicted by a federal grand jury for obstruction of justice.
Also indicted in this case were Nelson Bunker Hunt and W. Herbert Hunt, the sons
of the Dallas oil man H. L. Hunt. The grand jury charged that the Hunt brothers
paid the attorney $100,000 to insure that Foreman’s clients (Rothermel &
Curington) would not testify against them. The two men, allegedly employed by
the Hunt to conduct illegal wiretaps, were offered money by Foreman to accept a
jail term rather than testify the principals involved in the case. Naturally,
the distinguished attorney never told his clients that he was really working for
the Hunts. As the trial was about to begin, Foreman claimed that he was too ill
to continue. After Senator James O. Eastland made several inquiries with the
Justice Department, the defendants, including Nelson Hunt, were allowed to plead
no contest to a lesser charge and pay a fine. The New York Times reported that
great political pressure was brought in Washington to keep the Hunts from going
to trial, and that Eastland, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, had
denied that he had received $50,000 from the Hunts for his lobbying efforts."
My father killed King, says pastor, 34 years on 4/6/2002 SMH: "It wasn't a
racist thing; he thought Martin Luther King was connected with communism, and he
wanted to get him out of the way." But the Gainesville Sun newspaper quoted Mr
Wilson as saying his father belonged to the Ku Klux Klan and took part in the
beatings of black people. His father had also fired gunshots at houses in St
Augustine, Florida, during King's visit there in 1963. "My dad told me James
Earl Ray had nothing to do with the shooting other than to buy a rifle for
them," the newspaper quoted Mr Wilson as saying. "My dad was the one who shot Dr
King."
Area
man says father shot MLK 4/4/2002 Gainsville Sun
MLK Day plaque honors wrong James Earl 1/16/2002 Houston Chronicle: word
is, it was Cuban Americans who made the switch. This fits their known pattern of
low level racism. "Many of Merit Industries' workers are young Hispanic women
with limited knowledge of English, Miller said. "We probably make two errors for
every 100 items," he said."
MARTIN LUTHER KING - THE FATAL SHOT CAME FROM A DIFFERENT DIRECTION 1/1/2002 What
Really Happened: "The evidence in the photo taken just moments after the
assassination is unequivocal. The claim that the witnesses are pointing to the
rooming house where James Earl Ray was staying is a complete fabrication. The
gunfire came from another direction high above the bathroom window."
Evidence in assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. goes to museum 10/4/2000 CNN: "Twenty-three
boxes of evidence in the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. have been
moved to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. Among the items
were the .30-06 hunting rifle allegedly used to kill King, confessed assassin
James Earl Ray's transistor radio, and gum wrappers from King's room at the
Lorraine Motel -- where the killing occurred and now the site of the museum."
Uncovering the Coverage 6/9/2000 JFK Place: "On December 8, 1999, a jury in
Memphis, Tennessee, found Lloyd Jowers liable in the wrongful death of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. The next night on CBS news, Dan Rather reported that the
jury had "opined" the existence of a conspiracy in King's death. According to
Webster's dictionary, "opine" means "to hold or express an opinion; think;
suppose: now usually humorous." Instead of providing details on the witnesses or
their accounts, CBS sought the opinion of Gerald Posner, author of Killing the
Dream, a book advancing the lone assassin theory of King's murder. CBS's message
to its viewing audience was unmistakable. The verdict will be, at best, a
footnote in the story of how James Ray shot Dr. King." Dan Rather performed
similar functions in the JFK assassination.
King
Report 6/1/2000 Dept of Justice
Who
Killed Martin Luther King? By Douglas Valentine 2/21/2000 Consortium
News: "Douglas Valentine worked as a researcher for the King family and
testified at the trial about suspicions that Dr. King might have been under U.S.
government surveillance at the time of the assassination."
Judge Joe Brown unveils new information on King murder weapon 11/23/1999 Court
TV: "Over 30 years after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, Memphis and TV
Judge Joe Brown unveiled new information on the murder weapon: the fatal bullets
found in King does not match those found in the gun… Judge Brown, who reportedly
heard Ray's last appeal for a new trial, testified Monday that the bullets taken
out of King's body did not match the bullets found in the murder weapon. "After
extensive testing, it was found that the four bullets found in the gun chambers
were metallurgically identical," Judge Brown said. "The bullets taken from Dr.
King's head ... were not identical."
Gandhi, King y
Martí: hermanos en pensamiento 4/27/1998 Nuevo Herald: "A continuación, el
texto ganador del concurso de ensayo para estudiantes de español de secundaria,
organizado por el Free Cuba Foundation (FCF@FIU.EDU) en torno a tres figuras
claves de la ética política moderna."
King's
widow seeks new probe into husband's death 4/2/1998 CNN
Gandhi, King, and Marti: Brothers in Thought - Conference at Florida
International University 1/28/1998 Free Cuba Foundation: Jose Basulto,
among other terrorists, is listed as speaker.
Who Shot Martin Luther King? 8/7/1997 Sonoma County Independent, CA: long
article by J.J. Maloney - "Why it's ludicrous to put all the blame on
unsophisticated, doomed James Earl Ray"
Ray
attorney: Bullets fired from Ray's gun don't match fatal bullet 7/11/1997 CNN
Sources:
Tests fail to rule out King assassination rifle 6/13/1997 CNN: "A Tennessee
judge said Friday he wants to see the results of FBI tests taken in 1968, after
learning that bullets fired from James Earl Ray's gun do not match the bullet
that killed the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. "The bullet we took out of Dr. King
should show what those test rounds show," said Criminal Court Judge Joseph
Brown." [Judge Joe Brown of TV fame]
Martin Luther King
Assassination - Interview with Dr. William Pepper 2/14/1997 Let Them
Talk: "DeRienzo: Is there evidence Raoul exists? Pepper: He exists and we have
four people who identified him and I know who he is, where he is, what his phone
number is, everything about him that one needs. All I need is a criminal trial
so I can have him subpoenaed. DeRienzo: Who is Raoul? Is he a government
informant, Mafia informant, what was his role in this? Pepper: He was associated
with the Marcello organized crime group out of New Orleans and he also had
intelligence ties."
Martin Luther King Assassination: Interview with Dr. William Pepper 2/14/1997 Paul
DeRienzo
Report of the Select Committee on Assassinations of the U.S. House of
Representatives 12/1/1979 National Archives
The
Plot to Kill King: The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
This myth-shattering expose is a revised, updated, and heavily expanded volume of Pepper's original best-selling and critically-acclaimed Orders to Kill, with 26 years of additional research included. The result reveals dramatic new details of the night of the murder, the trial, and why Ray was chosen to take the fall for an evil conspiracy - a government-sanctioned assassination of our nation's greatest leader. The plan, according to Pepper, was for a team of United States Army Special Forces snipers to kill King, but just as they were taking aim, a back-up civilian assassin pulled the trigger.
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Killing King: Racial Terrorists, James Earl Ray, and the Plot to Assassinate Martin Luther King Jr.
Published in time for the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, Killing King uncovers previously unknown FBI files and sources, as well as new forensics to convincingly make the case that King was assassinated by a long-simmering conspiracy orchestrated by the racial terrorists who were responsible for the Mississippi Burning murders.
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination Investigation- Tom Leatherwood, Shelby County Register of Deeds: photos, recordings
Martin Luther King Assassination -- Real History Archives
TruthMove - MLK Assassination
The King Center -
Trial Information
A Murder Conspiracy?
Who Killed Martin Luther King? - History.com
The Martin Luther King Assassination - Mary Ferrel Foundation
Raoul And His Alleged Participation In The Assassination
www.justice.gov/crt/vi-raoul-and-his-alleged-participation-assassination
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