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- Date Issued:
- 1963-11-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- James Earl Ray, convicted for the assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., testifies before the House Select Committee on Assassinations, on third day of hearings. Harold Sawyer recalls a meeting with Ray at Brushy Mountain. Ray answers questions from Sawyer about his life prior to the King assassination. Ray says he had no choice but to plead guilty, and that he was tricked while giving his previous testimony. Recording ends with Chairman Louis Stokes (D-OH) calling a recess until November 1978 when the committee will reconvene.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-08-18T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy testifies before the House Select Committee on Assassinations about threats against Martin Luther King Jr. and the FBI's knowledge of the violence. Abernathy answers questions from Representative Harold Ford (D-TN) and Representative Louis Stokes (D-OH). He says nothing was done about several of the threats because of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's dislike for the civil rights movement.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-08-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- William Colby and Representative Bella Abzug debate the propriety of the CIA file gathered on Ms. Abzug when she was a private citizen and the role of the CIA in political assassinations around the world. With reporter Daniel Schorr.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- James Earl Ray, convicted for the assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., testifies before the House Select Committee on Assassinations on the second of three days of hearings. Mark Lane, Ray's attorney, accuses the committee of switching documents. G. Robert Blakey comments on the delivery of paperwork to Mark Lane on the previous day. Louis Stokes (D-OH), Chairman of the Committee, questions Ray about the second rifle Ray purchased. Ray discusses his various aliases and says he knew almost nothing about King and that he was unaware King was staying in Camden. Stokes questions Ray on his location at the time of King's murder. Stokes reads from Memphis newspapers telling of King's intended itinerary and Ray claims to have been unaware of the papers' contents. Ray answers questions from Floyd Fithian (D-IN), about Ray's escape from the Missouri prison and his flight to Canada. Technical interruption of the broadcast signal at 4:34:38 until 4:35:14.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-08-17T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1975-09-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Newly sworn President Lyndon Baines Johnson delivers a message to the American people eulogizing John F. Kennedy. A reporter comments on the state of the White House and Washington as Johnson assumes the Presidency.
- Date Issued:
- 1963-11-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- James Earl Ray, convicted for the assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., testifies before the House Select Committee on Assassinations on the first of three days of hearings. Ray cites documents "proving" complicity of the Memphis Police Department and the FBI in the King assassination. Ray explains his attempts to move out of the country and his treatment in prison. Ray answers questions regarding discrepancies between his testimony and earlier interviews.
- Date Issued:
- 1978-08-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Notes:
- Robert Loomis writes in his diary of an election for deacons at his church and the assassination of President James Garfield. Additionally, he writes of his travels, the meetings he attended, and his new insurance firm, R.B. Loomis & Co.
- Date Created:
- 1881-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Description:
- Newly sworn President Lyndon Baines Johnson delivers a message to the American people eulogizing John F. Kennedy. A reporter comments on the state of the White House and Washington as Johnson assumes the Presidency.
- Date Issued:
- 1963-11-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection