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1980-08-20 and 1980-08-21, Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia

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Andrew Young Interviewee: Atlanta, Georgia, 1980 August 20 - 21 [Box 138, Item 23, Side 1and 2]. Continuation of comments regarding the Vietnam Peace Movement, the Poor People's Campaign and Memphis, including events leading up to King's Assassination. Additional topics covered include Lyndon B. Johnson's attitude toward Martin Luther King, Jr. and the "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.

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Andrew Young Oral History Collection

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Amistad Research Center

Keywords

  1. Assassinations
  2. Civil Rights
  3. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929 1968
  4. Young, Andrew, 1932

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