This Week In Southern History: April 4, 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. Is Assassinated

Taking a different direction, instead of just focusing on Dr King's death, I decided to talk about his whole life. I hope you enjoy the new approach to This Week In Southern History as much as I enjoyed researching and recording it.As always, I am open to the fact that I may have gotten something wrong, whether it be by slip of the tongue, or trusting an incorrect source. I apologize but welcome you to correct me by sending an email to [email protected] from subscribing to WeLoveCorey.com, as you all know in order to be able to put all the work out for free, we also accept additional donations PBS style that can be sent via PayPal to [email protected] or on Venmo to ButterCreamCorey. These are not required, but are greatly appreciated. Those who can afford to give more help me keep the membership cost cheap at 5 dollars a month, and while I have bills like everyone else, I much prefer that everyone can afford to see my work and be entertained (or pissed off, either is fine:)Thank you all for your continued support. I love you'CoreySources: BooksKing, Martin Luther Jr. Why We Can’t Wait. Harper & Row, 1964.King, Martin Luther Jr. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Beacon Press, 1967.Fairclough, Adam. To Redeem the Soul of America: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Martin Luther King, Jr. University of Georgia Press, 2001.ArchivesThe King Center Archive:thekingcenter.org/archiveStanford University’s King Papers Project:kinginstitute.stanford.edu(Definitive scholarly archive of Dr. King’s papers, run by Clayborne Carson.)“Letter from Birmingham Jail” (full text):africa.upenn.edu/…/Letter_Birmingham.html“I Have a Dream” speech transcript:archives.gov/…/dream…Documentaries & FilmsEyes on the Prize (PBS, 1987 & 1990).King in the Wilderness (HBO, 2018).MLK/FBI (2020, dir. Sam Pollard).Selma (2014, dir. Ava DuVernay). (Im aware its dramatized but still lol)Government and Research ReportsU.S. Department of Justice, Report on Allegations of Conspiracy in the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2000):justice.gov/…/king_rep.htmHouse Select Committee on Assassinations (1979): Final Report, MLK Assassination Investigation:archives.gov/…/part-2a.htmlOnline ArticlesThe King Institute at Stanford: kinginstitute.stanford.eduNAACP History on MLK: naacp.org/…/martin-luther…National Archives Civil Rights Collection: archives.gov/…/martin-luther…Smithsonian Magazine, Martin Luther King Jr. Day Special Feature: smithsonianmag.com/…/martin…NPR’s MLK Archive: npr.org/…/martin-luther-king… This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit coreyryanforrester.substack.com/subscribe