The following excerpt is from John Avery Emison's newest book on the King case. It shows how the transcript of the James Earl Ray hearing, where he was represented by Houston lawyer Percy Foreman, was altered. And it was altered to exonerate Foreman from his unethical influence in forcing him to plead guilty.

The Rev James Lawson, one of Martin Luther King's chief advisors on Gandhian tactics, has passed on in Los Angeles. Read more.

Jim DiEugenio re-examines the battle between J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King before and after Kennedy's assassination. With new documents he shows that Hoover interceded overseas in order to smear King and limit his interaction with foreign dignitaries.

Jim DiEugenio evaluates the new Showtime documentary, The One and Only Dick Gregory, and provides missing insight into Gregory’s work with Martin Luther King, Jr. and his expanding agenda toward opposition to the Vietnam War and focus on the common class struggle that culminated in the Poor People’s March.

Jeff Carter examines Sam Pollard’s new documentary, MLK / FBI, regarding the extensive surveillance apparatus established by the FBI and directed at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Despite avoiding some moral issues on the part of the FBI, a generous view of this film is warranted and the widest distribution to a mainstream audience should be encouraged.

S. T. Patrick, at:  Midnight Writer News

The unverified salacious content which Garrow has unfortunately chosen to highlight was fully part of a policy to use official powers to gain advantage over those who would challenge the status quo—writes Jeff Carter.

At: Talking Points Memo

Transcript, courtesy of David Giglio, of an interview with Jim DiEugenio on the media and the 1999 Martin Luther King assassination trial in Memphis.

(Listen to the interview on YouTube courtesy of Our Hidden History)

Jim reviews what he deems to be the best of three recent TV documentaries on Martin Luther King, Jr.