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→Communist?: Adding this bit in. I'd find it unlikely that MLK was a communist after learning he was friends with Nixon, and bear in mind, this was long before Nixon sided with Mao Zedong as part of Détente.
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>
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>
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> In addition, his personal friendship with Nixon, the latter of whom had been instrumental in exposing [[Alger Hiss]] as a communist spy, would have made any adherence to Communism very unlikely.
== Assassination ==
== Assassination ==