[Ralph Abernathy testifies about Martin Luther King's relationship with the FBI in general and with J. Edgar Hoover in particular] : [in response to questioning by Harold Ford].

Civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy testifies before the House Select Committee on Assassinations about threats against Martin Luther King Jr. and the FBI's knowledge of the violence. Abernathy answers questions from Representative Harold Ford (D-TN) and Representative Louis Stokes (D-OH). He says n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
Corporate Authors:	United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Assassinations, National Public Radio (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Ford, Harold, 1945-, Stokes, Louis, 1925-2015
Language:	English
Published:	[1978]
Subjects:	King, Martin Luther, > Jr., > 1929-1968 > Assassination. Hoover, J. Edgar > (John Edgar), > 1895-1972. United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation. Legislative hearings. Special events radio coverage. Nonfiction radio programs.
Genre:	Legislative hearings. Special events radio coverage. Nonfiction radio programs.
Online Access:	Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:	1 electronic audio file (8 min., 57 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format:	Audio Software

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Summary:	Civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy testifies before the House Select Committee on Assassinations about threats against Martin Luther King Jr. and the FBI's knowledge of the violence. Abernathy answers questions from Representative Harold Ford (D-TN) and Representative Louis Stokes (D-OH). He says nothing was done about several of the threats because of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's dislike for the civil rights movement.
Note:	Electronic resource.
Call Number:	M3143 bd.2 Voice 20001
Playing Time:	00:08:57
System Details:	Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Event Details:	Broadcast on NPR, 1978.
Source of Description:	Description based on open-reel tape version record.