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(written 2012)
"'It was Martin's precious blood. This blood was shed for us.'" Jesse puts his hands in the blood and wipes it on his shirt. What do you do in a moment like that?"
— Andrew Young on Jesse Jackson shortly after MLK's shot
every January, we start hearing Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr's infamous, "I Have A Dream" speech, but if you research this still very classified and mysterious murder—and even deeper, the dayz that led up to his assassination—you'll find this dream is in fact (and continues to be) a nightmare!
This night terror became even more deceitful when white media labeled James Earl Ray the lone assassin. While most accepted, there are those that knew there was another side of the story that was being purposely suppressed.
After witnessing Master Historian, Steve Cokely's research, we at DGT believe he was able to prove this collusion involved more than Ray. In fact, Cokely points to Jesse Jackson as a pawn used to both murder and replace MLK!
In this conspiratorial gumbo stew, we also find along with the U.S. Government, 'Gay' Edgar Hoover, the CIA and COINTELPRO, and countless so-called "Jewish" agents, the Boule' (aka Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Inc) also had a hand in it! In particular, we find Boule' member Jesse having something to do with the changing of King's room (to #306) as well as putting King's blood on his shirt once he was dead only to show up later claiming he was the anointed one to lead announcing himself as the heir apparent.
The question that's been asked but from the wrong context is "why was King assassinated?" See, the MLK whitefolk want people to know about is that he was nonviolent and simply died at the handz of some redneck peckerwood whiteman. What they don't want you to know is that Martin was changing.
Having traveled the non-violent route, he realized whitefolk would still continue to be violent. And after Malcolm X was killed, I find King realized the inevitability of his fate; the mortality of his life, yet also understood the important of his last transitioning message; the immortality of self-reliance. This "new" mindset accelerated his death.
In Dr. Kings' 1967 book, 'Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community,' he wrote:
"Black Power, in its broad and positive meaning, is a call to Black people to amass the political and economic strength to achieve their legitimate goals. No one can deny that the Negro is in dire need of this kind of legitimate power."
King also went on to write:
"Black Power is also a call for the pooling of Black financial resources to achieve economic security. Through the pooling of such resources and the development of habits of thrift and techniques of wise investments, the Negro will be doing his share to grapple with his problem of economic deprivation. If Black Power means the development of this kind of strength within the Negro community, then it is a quest for basic, necessary, legitimate power."
The ideas King had on Black politics and economics were the same as Malcolm X. This only heightened the FBIs desire to eliminate King if he were to use Black Nationalist tactics that would be enforced by their Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO), a program designed to neutralize, disrupt and dismantle Black organizationz.
March 4, 1968, the FBI released a classified document that included the need to:
"Prevent the RISE OF A 'MESSIAH' who could unify, and electrify, the militant Black Nationalist movement. Malcolm X might have been such a 'messiah;' he is the martyr of the movement today. Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael, and [Nation of Islam leader] Elijah Muhammad all aspire to this position. Elijah Muhammad is less of a threat because of his age. King could be a real contender for this position should he abandon his supposed 'obedience' to 'white, liberal doctrines' (nonviolence) and embrace Black Nationalism."
April 3, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the speech that is now known as "I've Been to the Mountain Top." In his speech he stated:
"And our agenda calls for withdrawing economic support from [big corporations]. And so, as a result of this, we are asking you tonight to go out and tell your neighbors not to buy Coca-Cola in Memphis. Go by and tell them not to buy Sealtest milk. Tell them not to buy, what is the other bread? Wonder Bread. And what is the other bread company, Jesse? Tell them not to buy Hart's bread. As Jesse Jackson has said, up to now, only the garbage men have been feeling pain; now we must kind of redistribute the pain. We are choosing these companies because they haven't been fair in their hiring policies; and we are choosing them because they can begin the process of saying they are going to support the needs and the rights of these men who are on strike. And then they can move on downtown and tell Mayor Loeb to do what is right. But not only that, we've got to strengthen Black institutions."
Of the blatant pro-Afrikan jeweled instruction/solutionz he courageously mentioned, these were tangible thingz that could be done non-violently. Such as:
"I call upon you to take your money out of the banks downtown and deposit your money in Tri-State Bank. We want a 'bank-in' movement in Memphis. So go by the savings and loan association. I'm not asking you something we don't do ourselves at SCLC. Judge Hooks and others will tell you that we have an account here in the savings and loan association from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. We're just telling you to follow what we're doing. Put your money there. You have six or seven Black insurance companies in Memphis. Take out your insurance there. We want to have an 'insurance-in.' Now these are some practical things we can do. We begin the process of building a greater economic base. And at the same time, we are putting pressure where it really hurts. I ask you to follow through here."
This speech would become King's last public wordz. April 4, 1968, precisely one month to the day after the COINTELPRO memo was released, Dr. King became a victim of American terrorizm.
But as stated, this was orchestrated by more than just James Earl Ray, and even COINTELPRO. See, we don't look at the direction the next so-called "leader" took.
Historian, Anthony Browder had this to say in his book, From the Browder Files:
"...[T]he memory of King's life and struggle is slowly being diminished.
Several years ago, on Dr. King's birthday, I was invited to discuss his life on a radio program. I arrived early and sat in the waiting room and listen as the host played a recording of Dr. King's "I See The Promise Land" speech. This was King's last public speech and it was recorded the evening before his assassination.
I had brought a book of King's speeches for the interview and read along with the recording. I was shocked to discover that the most significant portion of King's speech (over one page of text) was edited out of the recording. I noted that this speech was recorded on Motown records, with liner notes written by Mrs. King. The text omitted from the recording was of a different image of the King that we now know. This King discussed the power of the black dollar and urged the citizens of Memphis to take their money out of the white owned banks and insurance companies and put it in black owned institutions. This King called for an immediate boycott of Coca Cola, Sealtest Milk and Wonder Bread. This King never got an opportunity to implement his new strategies because he was killed the following day.
Recently I've learned that King and Malcolm had talked of developing joint strategies for combating racism in the north and south. But Malcolm was assassinated before they had formulated a plan of action. King later became a marked man when he spoke out against the Viet Nam war in 1967, and advanced the call for human rights just as Malcolm had done.
Since Dr. Kings assassination and the establishment of his holiday, his legacy been reduced to one speech and four simple words..."I have a dream." Now Malcolm's image is being watered down so that it is more palatable to America's tastes.
If we want to know the real Malcolm or Martin, or any other African or African American hero or shero, we must be willing to dig deep into their past. We must read their writings, listen to their speeches, and not be mislead by Hollywood productions and made for TV movies of their lives. We must study the treasured lives of those near and dear to us and we should not expect their stories to be handed to us on a silver platter."
[Excerpt from 'Fakin' Jack(son)':
August 19, 2003, The Final Call printed a piece entitled, "SCLC Returns to Memphis". Many are not aware there are those who believe Jesse was involved in Martin Luther King's death and that there was an investigation—even the late Corretta Scott King (later retracted by the Final Call the following week. Why really? Don't know)!
Remember back in 1998, right before the alleged assassin, James Earl Ray, met with the King family? Many don't know that the following year there was a conspiracy trial (King vs. Lloyd Jowers and other unknown conspiratorz) for King's death in 1999, where a jury consisting of six Afrikanz and six whites concluded King's death was in fact, a result of a multi-tiered government conspiracy.
At the end of the trial, good ol' Jesse wrote an editorial that appeared in the Los Angeles Times, where he stated, "For those of us who were with Dr. King in Memphis, the ‘lone assassin’ theory always seemed suspect. James Earl Ray had neither the means nor the method nor the motive to stalk Dr. King, shoot him and arrange his own getaway. Despite these misgivings, the lone assassin theory became the near universal explanation. Deviation from it was too forbidding, for any conspiracy would point directly to government involvement, or at least acquiescence, in King’s murder."
A panel consisting of Cokely, Dick Gregory, Martin King III, Rev. Bernice King, attorneyz William Peper and Lewis Garrison and otherz—was put together by the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) entitled, "Fact or Fiction: The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.", where they talked about the setup that had MLK on the second floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel (in Memphis, Tennessee) at 6pm as a sitting duck for a bullet.
It is alleged 15 minutes before King was shot, Jesse removed a community group from the hotel that was there to protect King. Why? And why hasn't anyone questioned him about this? In addition, the evening before that fateful day (April 3rd), the night he performed his last speech, "I've Been to the Mountaintop", it's believed a 'practice run' was conducted where King, Jesse and party was pictured outside the motel on the second floor at 6pm on their way to dinner.
It is also believed by some that MLKs room was mysteriously changed from the ground floor to second floor that same evening. 6:01pm the following day, a .30-06 caliber rifle bullet rang out entering King's right jaw, traveling through his neck, severing his spinal cord, stopped in his shoulder blade, and shortly thereafter, ended his life.
If you look at the pictures from the day King was killed, none have surfaced (to my knowledge) that show Jesse on the balcony with King's right-hand man, Ralph Abernathy and Boule' member, Andrew Young. But somehow, the picture from the day before became the 'official' candid moments before King died. As well, amongst the chaos, Jesse's career just so happened to take off...
After the ambulance took away his body, all that was left was a massive amount of King's blood. Abernathy, in a state of shock grabbed a jar and started scraping up the blood, crying how it was King's blood and precious, "This blood was shed for us," he allegedly stated.
Nearly a whole half-hour after King was shot, Jesse comes on the scene, makin' his way to the balcony—many thought he was hiding down by the pool. Young rememberz seeing Jackson dip his handz in the huge pool of blood and after raising them to the sky, wiped the blood on his shirt. Young stated, "people freaked out and did strange things... it was... it was... I mean, what do you do in a moment like that?" If you're Jesse, you take advantage!
The majority of hedz from the SCLC quickly followed King to the hospital leaving Jesse Jackson behind. This is where Jesse seized the opportunity! He told otherz not to say anything to the Media. Once the Media arrived at the hotel, they quickly focused on Jesse, now with King's blood all over his shirt. With the rest of the SCLC at the hospitial, Jesse pretty much anointed himself—with the sacrificial blood of King—as the media spokesman stating to the press, "The black people's leader, our Moses, the once in a 400 or 500-year leader has been taken from us by hatred and bitterness. Even as I stand at this hour, I cannot even allow hate to enter my heart at this time, for it was sickness, not meanness, that killed him. People were, some were in pandemonium, some were in shock, some were crying, hollering, "Oh, God!" And I immediately started running upstairs to where he was and I caught his head and I tried to feel his head and I asked him, I said, "Dr. King, do you hear me? Dr. King, do you hear me?" And he didn't say anything and I tried to hold his head." So noble of him to come on the scene after everything went down!
(Exceprt from, 'And the Walls Came Tumbling Down' by Ralph David Abernathy, "It seems that shortly after the ambulance had left, the press had converged on the place, camera crews and reporters, local staff and network, all eager to put someone on camera to tell the story. Jesse and Hosea had both agreed that until they knew what had happened, they would avoid the press and stay out of sight. At least that's what Hosea had thought was the understanding.
So he was more than a little surprised to look out the window and see Jesse, standing in front of several cameras, speaking into a microphone that a reporter was holding in his face. Curious, Hosea slipped outside and eased up behind Jesse, though on the other side of a chain-link fence.
"Yes," Jesse was saying, "I was the last person he spoke to as I was cradling him in my arms."same story, or very nearly the same, that morning on The Today Show." (end Excerpt)
While the rest of SCLC was back at the motel trying to figure out their next steps, like Bobby Brown leavin' New Edition, after meeting with reporterz outside the motel, Jesse quickly left Memphis, makin' his way back to Chicago where in 14, I repeat, just 14 hourz after King's death, he appeared on the Today show with his bloody shirt while a newly hired booking agent got him spots on other TV showz. You mean to tell me in the midst of all this chaos, this cat found the time to hire a bookin' agent?! King just died, yo!!
And the show didn't stop there! Later that afternoon Jesse appeared before the Chicago City Council wearing a blood-stained shirt and saying that it was the same shirt he had been wearing the previous evening when he had held Martin.
Now ask yourselves, why else would he wear a shirt with blood on it from the previous day? He surely didn't wear this shirt as he travelled back to Chicago from Tennessee! In addition, why would he tell bold-faced lies of him bein' the last person he spoke to when he showed up 30 minutes after he was shot? As many believe (and some can prove), this wasn't Jesse seizin' an opportunity that just so happen to fall in his lap, this was planned! Overnight Jesse Jackson became a nationally known figure, self-appointing him as the next leader of the Civil Rights Movement!
Oh, Jesse wasn't alone! Many hedz know he was a gangster (had affiliation, along with half-brother, Noah Robinson, with the notorious street gang the Blackstone Rangers and leader, Jeff Fort, who was later convicted of killin' more than 200 people). So we can assume Abernathy, Young and company feared Jesse's constituents with some not make waves; to go along to get along.
Several hedz, along with Young created the historical photo-still that fooled the whole world, they pointed in what's believed by several hedz, in the wrong direction of where the shot came from. One other jewel is the allegationz of King tellin' his close friend, Ralph Abernathy, not to trust Jesse, suspecting him to be an agent.
What fellow Boule' member Andrew Young said and what we know of Jackson's steps hourz after King was dead, it's quite obvious a blind-eye was turned enabling the collaboratorz and possible true gunmen were able to get away. The following actionz of Jackson are what standz as a reason questionz remain:
From what we know tracking Jackson I pose this question: why didn't this self-anointed protege of MLK carry on the new agenda King spoke of in his last dayz? We know both were in Boule', but with MLKs certain transformation and knowing what we know of the Boule' and how their known and written allegiance to GWS (Global White Supremacy), it's easy to suspect why Jesse did what he did pre- (spying, not having MLKs trust), during- (pointing in wrong direction of shooter), and post- MLKs death. I can only imaging had he lived at least one more year what we would've learned about the U.S. government, Jesse, and the Boule'.
Despite his rep of short-lived boycotts; despite being part of the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott, he has yet to implement any of the clear win strategies MLK laid out in his last speech and book.
With the official record files on King and his case to be "fully" released to the public around the year 2028, I ask this last question, what kind of justice system waits 60 yearz to release publicly when at this point, the culprits and co-conspiratorz will long gone?!
As you enjoy this King Holiday, take a few moments to reflect and educate yourself on the story they don't want you to know by watching Cokely's lecture and learn just who actually killed MLK, or at least has blood on their shirt—I mean handz!
Know that what they want you to know is not what you should know.
Dua, MLK for your courage to accept your change and be vocal about it and Bro. Cokely for your research and courage to share!
Bless...
Note: Most don't know Coca-Cola was created for white folk and Pepsi for blacks. After King's proposal to boycott Coca-Cola, Wonder Bread and for us to take our money out of white banks and put into black banks, we didnt' pay attention how quickly these Fortune 500 Corporationz changed their marketing strategies solely focused on our purchasing power. Where we saw this overnight "inclusion" as progress, white folk were able to bank profits for another 7+ generationz!
King noted, “The Negro collectively is richer than most nations of the world. We have an annual income of more than thirty billion dollars a year, which is more than all of the exports of the United States, and more than the national budget of Canada. Did you know that? That’s power right there, if we know how to pool it.”
Fatefully, this was MLKs last speech. He was murdered the very next day just after 6pm April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee at the Lorraine Motel.
Other Links:
• A Brief History of Racist Soft Drinks
• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called for a boycott of Coca-Cola
• See Steve Cokely's entire lecture
• I Have Been to the Mountaintop, Martin Luther King (full speech)
• Who Killed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.? (full documentary)
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• WOW! Thank you for always enlightening your readers! I shared the entire 2hr lecture with family tonight and the debate was heated! Mr. Cokely's lecture made the group REALLY think and stop believing the hype! Continue to reach one...teach one!
Posted by Janice Ray (jnichols31@att.net) on Monday, January 21, 2014 at 3:48 AM
• I cant believe datz da topic yesterday was da General Dr Khalid Abdul Muhammadz earthday who killed him 11 to 12 yrz ago. Is it dat aint nobody Real enough to deal wit dat subject?? MLK or sellout azz james earl jones couldnt and still cant hold a candle to this Blackk God. Not only iz it 1day past his earthday we a couple weekz frm his Untimely Transfer.Ya aint got no Libationz or strong wordz for this Brotha??? Im done. Jamez earl jones??!!! Plz spare us dat shit Brothaz and Sistaz.
Posted by Wepwawet Maat on Friday, January 13, 2012 at 1:43 PM
M'BWEBE'S RESPONSE: First off, this is in no way a tribute to MLK. If you looked at the video link of Steve Cokely's lecture you'd see this is more about Jesse Jackson's and other blacks who acted as agents on Afrikan liberation (aka the Boule'). So try actually seeing what the this is about before passing judgement!