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Title: Dr Martin Luther King Jr. (Assassinated)

Description: We shall overcome video

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Martin Luther King Jr. was targeted by Cointelpro. The American program set up in the 50's under J. Edgar Hover. This program was set after he could not go as far as he wanted with his witch hunt for the communist. It was used to investigate and disrupt dissident programs. It was famous for targeting leaders of those programs. One famous leader this program targeted was Martin Luther King. The leader of the civil rights movement. Under the direction of J. Edgar Hover, they did everything in their power to bring him and his civil rights movement into the ground.

# Martin Luther King was placed under 24/7 surveillance
# They spread false stories that he was misusing funds and he lost many financial sponsors because of this.
# Using evidence of his adultery, they tried to get him to commit suicide, with a fake suicide note in his own handwriting.
# When he was to meet with the Pope, they tried to prevent the meeting
# They tried to prevent him from getting the Nobel peace prize
# They said he was a black Messiah that could unite the masses and suggested he be terminated. A month later he would be assassinated.

There is no final proof on who killed MLKJ, but his family have always believe it was someone other than the man convicted of his murder, assassinated him.

What's important to know about King is that he was a great humanitarian, he put himself on the line. Instead of being content with the Civil Rights movement he tried to stop the war in Vietnam, realizing that injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere.

He was someone that many generations have looked up to, and for his struggles, perseverance and fight, he won and earned the nobel peace prize, one of the highest honours that can be awarded.

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