King debates James J. Kilpatrick on "The Nation's Future"
King debates the sit-in demonstrations with segregationist newspaper editor James J. Kilpatrick on NBC’s “The Nation’s Future” in New York.
King debates the sit-in demonstrations with segregationist newspaper editor James J. Kilpatrick on NBC’s “The Nation’s Future” in New York.
In a press conference in Atlanta, King refuses to endorse either the Republican or Democratic presidential candidate.
On CBS radio’s “The World Tonight,” King suggests federalizing southern schools closed to prevent integration.
On the UAW “Shiftbreak” radio program, King voices his qualified approval of the Senate version of the civil rights bill.
At the conclusion of the March on the Conventions Movement, King and Randolph hold a press conference at Chicago’s Conrad Hilton Hotel.
At the Watkins Hotel in Los Angeles, King is interviewed by a Montgomery Advertiser reporter regarding Senator John F. Kennedy’s civil rights stance.
After missing his scheduled appearance before the Democratic Party Platform Committee in Los Angeles, King’s remarks are read by a representative.
In a 29 October letter, Hurlburt expressed her ambivalence over the jail sentences given to two segregationists for their roles in the 7 September bombing of the Little Rock Board of Education building.1 Hurlburt explained that as a FOR member she supported integration but “the idea of these two young, ignorant, and impetuous (to say nothing of the fact that they were probably being ‘used’) men going to the penitentiary for many years, doesn’t seem to be the answer either.” She asked that King
In a 30 May letter Rodrigues, a twenty-year-old Angolan student living in Brazil, requested King’s advice and support for the independence movement in her native country but admonished: “Please just do what You really can with no harm for You.…If some people have to pay with their lives…let it be ourselves.”1 In his reply below, King suggests that the Angolan movement needs a “person or some few persons” to symbolize the struggle: “As soon as your symbol is set up it is not difficult to get pe