1. I was 15 when #DrKing was assassinated. I feared it was coming. He thought it was. 1968 was a terrible year. January 30, 1968, the Tet Offensive put the war on the news in a way that made Vietnam no longer a policy choice for Americans. Russia and China had
2. what they needed: The US media pushing the narrative that led to the loss of Walter Cronkite and by March 31, 1968, the leader of the liberal advance of FDR’s New Deal into the Great Society, Lyndon Johnson, announced he would not run throwing the US politics
3. into even greater chaos. Somebody had to pay for the loss of American confidence in our decision to fight a civil war in South East Asia and on April 4, 1968, Dr King became the J. Edgar Hoover’s sacrificial lamb. Then Bobby arose as the likely replacement and
4. in keeping with the master plan, on June 6, 1968 someone who remains unknown to most told Bobby’s bodyguard to stay home and Bobby walked into a crowded kitchen where the assassin awaited. The plan was set. Humphrey emerged damaged from the nightmare in Chicago and Nixon was
5. elected to begin to dismantle the liberal state and return Black Americans to the status they held before the Great Society.
Every Martin Luther King Day I relive my own memories and wonder what might have been. Until we have all the files declassified and released Dr King’s
Every Martin Luther King Day I relive my own memories and wonder what might have been. Until we have all the files declassified and released Dr King’s
6. sacrifice will not be known or properly realized. Someone said that truth will set us free. Let it be so. #DeClassifyEverything @JoeBiden @NSC_Spox @AnthonyColeyDOJ
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