Telegram dated September 15, 1963 from Martin Luther King Jr. to President Kennedy following the explosion of a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham that killed four girls.
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Telegram dated September 15, 1963 from Martin Luther King Jr. to President Kennedy following the explosion of a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham that killed four girls: "I WILL SINCERELY PLEAD WITH MY PEOPLE TO REMAIN NON VIOLENT IN THE FACE OF THIS TERRIBLE PROVOCATION HOWEVER I AM CONVINCED THAT UNLESS SOME STEPS ARE TAKEN BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT...MY PLEAS SHALL FALL ON DEAF EARS AND WE SHALL SEE THE WORST RACIAL HOLOCAUST THIS NATION HAS EVER SEEN."
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September 15, 1963
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts. Papers of John F. Kennedy, Presidential Papers, White House Central File, Subject File
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Telegram dated September 15, 1963 from Martin Luther King Jr. to President Kennedy following the explosion of a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham that killed four girls: "I WILL SINCERELY PLEAD WITH MY PEOPLE TO REMAIN NON VIOLENT IN THE FACE OF THIS TERRIBLE PROVOCATION HOWEVER I AM CONVINCED THAT UNLESS SOME STEPS ARE TAKEN BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT...MY PLEAS SHALL FALL ON DEAF EARS AND WE SHALL SEE THE WORST RACIAL HOLOCAUST THIS NATION HAS EVER SEEN."
Page 2 of 2.
September 15, 1963
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston, Massachusetts. Papers of John F. Kennedy, Presidential Papers, White House Central File, Subject File
Public domain