@DCCyclone @HeerJeet @mattdpearce the letter could have been written by someone else and merely forwarded by FBI.
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Replying to @EdAsante77
@EdAsante77@HeerJeet & 5 years later FBI wasn't even giving black leaders the suicide option.They just killed them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @evanthornton
@evanthornton@HeerJeet if the FBI wanted MLK dead they would have thought of a better way than a letter of sexual misconduct.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @EdAsante77
@EdAsante77@HeerJeet Leaving aside horrible implication of "better", point is that they did indeed come up with other ways.To their shame.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @evanthornton
@evanthornton@EdAsante77 There is a vast historical literature on FBI harassment of Civil Rights movement. Start with Taylor Branch.4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@evanthornton NY Times article. Some of us do read critically.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @EdAsante77
@EdAsante77@HeerJeet Yep for a critical thinker you're a bit light on research, no offense. Think I'll stick with the pros.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @evanthornton
@evanthornton@HeerJeet none taken, this isn't my full time job.All I know is that the NY Times article doesn't say the FBI wrote the letter1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @EdAsante77
@EdAsante77@evanthornton Further readings: Garrow's, FBI and MLK, pp. 125-126. Branch's Pillar of Fire (see under "suicide letter").2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@evanthornton evidently the rules FBI had nothing to do with it.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@EdAsante77 @evanthornton Stokes talks about the letter and pins blame on FBI. Keep reading.
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