Living, Caring, Learning and Sharing W/Don Durant

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was in Memphis in support of benefits for the Sanitation workers. Mysteriously a bogus group attempted to infiltrate his efforts and  came up with approaches and ideas contrary to the methods used by the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Council).  Their efforts were rebuffed, but on the day of the planned march they interceded and created a riot where a young black boy was killed.  The handlers of Dr. King rushed him to a vehicle and out of the way of danger.  A Planned sit-in across from the Capital had been planned for months and  was scheduled days after the Memphis March.   So much negative press went out from the head of the FBI, and members of Congress, calling Dr. King a coward for starting a  riot and then running away.  This forced him to change his plans and head back to Memphis to finish the work he had begun.