1960s, including 1964
Federal repressionBook sources
FBI campaign against Martin Luther King Jr.
United States; King and the civil-rights movement
Surveillance, anonymous communications and attempts at intimidation sought to discredit King. Zinn describes an effort to destroy his leadership, later examined by congressional investigation.
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Context / qualification
Do not infer from the recording that harassment began only after King’s 1967 antiwar speech.
Sources
- Howard Zinn, The Twentieth Century: A People’s History, H01 at 00:09:47 (approximate; supplied recording)