Word: luthers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...call upon those of my fellow students who are sincerely dedicated to the cause of social justice for all Americans, to sacrifice superficial, emotionally satisfying demonstrations and return to the cool, reasoned approach that characterized our movement under the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King. Only by such total dedication can we achieve our ends...
...always been the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision to build a strong pressure group out of the poor of the country, strong enough to compete with the interests that run the nation now. His idea was to bring that rag-tag pressure group to Washington, to somehow "pressure" Congress into recognizing poverty as a problem and more important, into recognizing poor people as a political force...
...Edgar Hoover, the antiquated director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has never held any sympathy for advocates of civil disobedience or for vociferous, active reformers. On several occasions he publicly vilified the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in language which was scurrilous and abusive. Thus it is not surprising that he should now lash out against Students for a Democratic Society and other New Left groups, terming them threats to American security...
...there it is, fans, just like Martin Luther King said it would be--400 A-frame shelters made of plywood and plastic. And poor people from Mississippi and Alabama right before your very eyes...
Sweet Willy from Memphis (his real name is Lance Watson) is the leader of a gang called the Invaders. The Invaders are credited with turning the Rev. Martin Luther King's first non-violent march through Memphis into a little riot. But after King's murder, Sweet Willy decided that "We should do all we can to fulfill Dr. King's dream." So Sweet Willy left the real tough cats in his gang home--"Some were very young, some were temperamental and unsteady"--and came to Washington...