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Later he became a critic of the US role in the [[Vietnam War]].  

Later he became a critic of the US role in the [[Vietnam War]].  

He became by far the most important black leader of the 1960s.  

He became by far the most important black leader of the 1960s.  

Since his assassination in 1968, he has been the single most important exemplar of liberalism in recent U.S. history.

Since his assassination in 1968, he has been the single most important exemplar of liberalism in recent U.S. history.{{fact}}

King founded the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]].  

King founded the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]].  

His last major public speech became known as "I've Been to the Mountaintop" <ref>http://www.afscme.org/about/1549.cfm</ref>

His last major public speech became known as "I've Been to the Mountaintop" <ref>http://www.afscme.org/about/1549.cfm</ref>

Although King is generally embraced by the American cultural establishment today, he and the authorities did not always have such a cordial relationship. In 1967, King called the United States  "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." The [[FBI]], under the direction of [[J. Edgar Hoover]], kept King under surveillance from 1961 until his death in 1968. The Bureau tapped his phones and bugged his hotel rooms. The FBI did not end its surveillance of King's wife, [[Coretta Scott King]], until many years after her husband's death.  

Although King is generally embraced by the American cultural establishment today, he and the authorities did not always have such a cordial relationship. In 1967, King called the United States  "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." The [[FBI]], under the direction of [[J. Edgar Hoover]], kept King under surveillance from 1961 until his death in 1968. The Bureau tapped his phones and bugged his hotel rooms. The FBI did not end its surveillance of King's wife, [[Coretta Scott King]], until many years after her husband's death.

== See also ==

== See also ==