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ORDERS TO KILL -- THE TRUTH BEHIND THE MURDER OF MARTIN LUTHER KING |
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Table of Contents: 1. Napalm bombing and burning of innocent civilians in Vietnam moved Dr. King to become unconditionally opposed to the war. (Photo by the author) 2. The author and Dr. King conversing before the keynote address at the 1967 NCNP national convention. (Photo by Ben Fernandez) 3. The platform at the opening of the NCNP convention -- Dick Gregory, Dr. Benjamin Spock, the Reverend Ralph Abernathy, the author, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Photo by Ben Fernandez) 4. The Reverend James Lawson in 1989 -- Dr. King's closest and most trusted colleague in Memphis in 1968. (Photo by David Barker) 5. Dr. Benjamin Spock and the author in Memphis for the Memorial March after the assassination of Dr. King. (Memphis State University Collection) 6. South Main Street in front of Jim's Grill, the rooming house, and Canipe Amusement Company. (UPI/Bettman) 7. Attorney Wayne Chastain in 1995 -- now author's co-counsel in Memphis. Chastain was a reporter in 1968 and one of the first people on the scene. (Photo by the author) 8. Solomon Jones, Dr. King's driver in Memphis, quoted as having seen someone in the bushes at the time of the shooting and also as having observed a man come down over the wall. (Photo by the author) 9. John McFerren in 1995 -- a local businessman who just over an hour before the killing heard Memphis produce dealer Frank C. Liberto talking on the telephone and ordering someone to "... shoot the son of a bitch when he comes on the balcony." (Photo by the author) 10. James McCraw in 1995, the Yellow Cab driver who minutes before the shooting saw the bathroom empty and State's chief witness Charlie Stephens drunk, and who was shown the murder weapon by Loyd Jowers. (Photo by the author)
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