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The FBI's Surveillance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Relentless. But Its Findings Paint a Fuller Picture for Historians Time 1/18/2021 Benjamin Hedin © Bettmann Archive Martin Luther King Jr. at the Federal Bureau of Investigation to speak with director J. Edgar Hoover, who had recently called the civil rights leader a "notorious liar". The story of the FBI's surveillance and harassment of King is explored in the new documentary 'MLK/FBI' We know more about Martin Luther King, Jr. than we do about most historical figures. Monitored at every turn by the FBI, King’s dail...

MLK/FBI puts civil rights leader and agency under a microscope MLK/FBI puts civil rights leader and agency under a microscope The film is based on David Garrow’s 1981 book The FBI and Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo courtesy of IFC Films Few Americans are more admired than slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Yet at the same time, he was a man whose personal life was, shall we say, complicated, and whose activities drew the attention — warranted or unwarranted — of the FBI for a good portion of his life. All of that is examined in the new documentary

FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA Review: The superb documentary ‘MLK/FBI’ clearly connects the past to our troubling present [Los Angeles Times :: BC-MLK-FBI-MOVIE-REVIEW:LA] Among the many archival materials excerpted in Sam Pollard’s “MLK/FBI” is a 1964 televised interview with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., conducted by journalist Gay Pauley. With a superior smirk and galling bad faith, Pauley asks King if his code of nonviolent resistance has nonetheless produced a “crisis atmosphere,” one that has ultimately damaged its own cause by incurring bloodshed and stoking white resen...

The MLK/FBI director says tapes allegedly revealing Martin Luther King Jr's "affairs" may have a more interesting story to tell.

Among the many archival materials excerpted in Sam Pollard’s “MLK/FBI” is a 1964 televised interview with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., conducted by journalist Gay Pauley. With a superior smirk and galling bad faith, Pauley asks King if his code of nonviolent resistance has nonetheless produced a “crisis atmosphere,” one that has ultimately damaged its own cause by incurring bloodshed and stoking white resentment. King’s response is more measured than the question deserves. “The only way people can grapple with their prejudices is to admit that they have them,” he says, tac...