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Wednesday's Talk on MLK and Malcolm X
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The Assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. And Malcolm X :
The Governments Role in Silencing Black Activists
and the Civil Rights Movement
Wednesday, March 29, 5:00 - 7:30pm
at MIT in Room 10-250
Please join MITs Social Justice Cooperative to hear Minister Don Muhammad
speak on the recent developments in the investigations of these two political
assassinations and about the upcoming rally on April 4 to open the files from
the House Select Committee on Assassinations which are currently sealed until
the year 2029.
One of the most significant developments in the case of Dr. Kings murder is
the civil conspiracy case filed last year by Coretta Scott King against Lloyd
Jowers in Shelby County, Tennessee. In December 1999 the court ruled that
Jowers conspired with others to have Dr. King killed, but this ruling has
received
very little publicity. The second major development was that last August the
Justice Department opened a limited investigation of Dr. Kings assassination
which also focuses on Lloyd Jowers. As late as January 14 a spokesman for the
Justice Department said the investigation was well under way, but that no
details
were yet available.
The best hope for our finally answering some of the questions surrounding Dr.
Kings assassination is in the sealed HSCA files. Some of the key
information
in these files is the complete uncut versions of :
The King Assassination Medical Evidence
The Examination of the Crime Scene
James Earl Ray's Written Statement to the HSCA
James Earl Ray's Testimony (August 16, 1978)
The FBI Document on Gene Pearson Crawford
FBI document on a suspicious person, Gene Pearson Crawford, who was
arrested on April 5, 1968, in front of Jim's Grill and questioned
by
Memphis police in connection with the King assassination.
Dan Rather's Interview With James Earl Ray
Without total unrestricted access to these files we may not have the ability
to
form our own independent opinions about the assassinations until well after
everyone involved is long removed from public life.
To find out more about the specific questions surrounding these murders and
about the upcoming events please stop by our table in lobby 10 on Tuesday or
our table in the Student Center on Wednesday and then join us to hear Minister
Muhammad speak Wednesday at 5:00 PM in room 10-250. Thank you and we
hope to see you there.
If you have questions please contact Brice Smith at elrond@mit.edu.
