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=== Communist? ===

=== Communist? ===

There has been some speculation that Martin Luther King Jr. was a Communist, namely due to having ties to and funding from the Communists, including [[Bayard Rustin]]. In addition, an FBI investigation also uncovered a photograph of King possibly attending a communist workshop in Georgia, which was published by the Augusta Courier. King has also mentioned once that he viewed things "from a dialectical viewpoint."<ref>http://awhigmanifesto.blogspot.com/2011/11/chuck-morse-linkedin.html</ref> As noted above, the likes of [[J. Edgar Hoover]] also attempted to have King investigated from suspicions of these ties. On the other hand, King had written a speech indicating that Communism and Christianity cannot be mixed together.<ref>http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/can-a-christian-be-a-communist/</ref>

There has been some speculation that Martin Luther King Jr. was a Communist, namely due to having ties to and funding from the Communists, including [[Bayard Rustin]]. In addition, an FBI investigation also uncovered a photograph of King possibly attending a communist workshop in Georgia, which was published by the Augusta Courier. King has also mentioned once that he viewed things "from a dialectical viewpoint."<ref>http://awhigmanifesto.blogspot.com/2011/11/chuck-morse-linkedin.html</ref>

 

The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] was under written directive from Attorney General [[Robert F. Kennedy]] when it began [[wiretap|wiretapping]] King's telephone line in the fall of 1963.<ref>{{cite book|title=The FBI: A Comprehensive Reference Guide|last= Theoharis | first= Athan G. |first2=Tony G.|last2=Poveda|first3=Richard Gid|last3=Powers|first4=Susan|last4=Rosenfeld|page=148|isbn=0-89774-991-X| publisher=Greenwood Publishing | year=1999}}

 

John Kennedy was concerned that public allegations of communists in the SCLC would derail the administration's civil rights initiatives. He warned King to discontinue these associations and later felt compelled to issue the written directive that authorized the FBI to wiretap King and other SCLC leaders. The FBI used the incidental details caught on tape over the next five years in attempts to force King out of his leadership position, in the [[COINTELPRO]] program.<ref>{{cite book| title=The FBI: A Comprehensive Reference Guide|last=Theoharis|first=Athan G.|first2=Tony G.|last2=Poveda|first3=Richard Gid|last3=Powers|first4=Susan|last4=Rosenfeld| page=123|isbn=0-89774-991-X|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=1999}}</ref> 

 

On the other hand, King had written a speech indicating that Communism and Christianity cannot be mixed together.<ref>http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/can-a-christian-be-a-communist/</ref>

== Assassination ==

== Assassination ==