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Sunday, 2021 January 17th
issue 9

footnotes on

The Day of the Birth of Martin Luther King, Jr.
segregation, integration—commemorating the words that define the civil rights struggle


1.   Amos, the prophet
the book of Amos
5th chapter, 24th verse
circa 76th decade BCE
the Tanakh (or the Hebrew Scriptures or the Old Testament)

2.   the Archives of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Presidential Papers
White House Staff Files of Lee C. White
Civil Rights File, 1961-1963
Religious leaders meeting with the President, 17 June 1963 (1 of 2 folders)
Page 12
digital identifier: JFKWHSFLCW-023-018-p0012
Papers of John F. Kennedy
1963 June 17
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHSFLCW/023/JFKWHSFLCW-023-018

3.   ibid.
Religious leaders meeting with the President, 17 June 1963 (2 of 2 folders)
Page 41
digital identifier: JFKWHSFLCW-023-019-p0041
jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JFKWHSFLCW/023/JFKWHSFLCW-023-019

4.   Associated Press
No Good Nature About It, Says King of Spring March
The Spokesman-Review
1968 March 24th
Page 24
the Cowles Company
news.google.com/newspapers?id=jbVWAAAAIBAJ&dq=poor+people's+campaign&pg=5017%2C3148182

5.   Associated Press, Universal Newsreel
Martin Luther King’s final speech
‘I’ve been to the mountaintop’
1968 April 3rd, Bishop Charles Mason Temple, Memphis
Guardian News
2018 April 4th
Guardian News & Media Limited
youtube.com/watch?v=e49VEpWg61M

6.   Bernstein, Peter W.; Swan, Annalyn (editors)
The All-Time Richest Americans
Forbes
2007 September 14th
Integrated Whale Media Investments
All the Money in the World
How the Forbes 400 Make—and Spend—Their Fortunes
2007 September 4th
ISBN 9780307266125
Penguin Random House
forbes.com/2007/09/14/richest-americans-alltime-biz_cx_pw_as_0914ialltime_slide.html?sh=728d61893db0

7.   Bloomberg
Venture Capital: Sand Hill Road Rules the Valley
Bloomberg News
2014 December 4th
Bloomberg L.P.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-12-04/venture-capital-sand-hill-road-rules-silicon-valley

8.   Brown, DeNeen L.
The story of how Michael King Jr. became Martin Luther King Jr.
On his 90th birthday, a look at the civil rights leader’s childhood name change
The Washington Post
2019 January 15th
Nash Holdings
washingtonpost.com/history/2019/01/15/story-how-michael-king-jr-became-martin-luther-king-jr

9.   Burrell, Kristopher
To Build a Mature Society
The Lasting Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Beyond Vietnam” Speech
Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City History
2018 November 15th
The Gotham Center for New York City History
The Graduate Center, CUNY
gothamcenter.org/blog/to-build-a-mature-society-the-lasting-legacy-of-martin-luther-king-jrs-beyond-vietnam-speech

10.   Chase, Robert T.
Class Resurrection
The Poor People’s Campaign of 1968 and Resurrection City
Essays in History
Volume 40, 1998
the annual publication of the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia
2012
the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia and Essays in History
web.archive.org/web/20160411031232/http://www.essaysinhistory.com/articles/2012/116

11.   Chawkins, Steve
Vincent Harding dies at 82; historian wrote controversial King speech
The Los Angeles Times
2014 May 23rd
a California Times publication
latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-vincent-harding-20140524-story.html

12.   Chawla, Ishika
CDC releases preliminary findings on Palo Alto suicide clusters
The Stanford Daily
2016 July 21st
The Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation
stanforddaily.com/2016/07/21/cdc-releases-preliminary-findings-on-palo-alto-suicide-clusters

13.   Chernow, Ron
Titan
the life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Pages 52-53
2004
ISBN 978-0-679-43808-3
Vintage
archive.org/details/titan00ronc_0/page/52/mode/2up

14.   The Conversation
The Rockefeller University
The Conversation
2021 January
The Conversation US, Inc.
theconversation.com/institutions/the-rockefeller-university-2373

15.   Cutler, Kim-Mai
East Of Palo Alto’s Eden
Race and the Formation of Silicon Valley
TechCrunch
2015 January 10th
Verizon Media
techcrunch.com/2015/01/10/east-of-palo-altos-eden/?renderMode=ie11

16.   Daeenabi, Imahn; Sosa-Ramos, Maria
History of East Palo Alto
County of San Mateo Board of Supervisors
2019 summer
County of San Mateo
bos.smcgov.org/history-east-palo-alto

17.   Edelman, Marian Wright
Still hungry in America
The Philadelphia Tribune
2012 February 21st
The Philadelphia Tribune Media Group
phillytrib.com/commentary/still-hungry-in-america/article_9c268ad9-7771-5d3a-a6f9-29f23364ec2a.html

18.   Eidenmuller, Michael E.
Beyond Vietnam—A Time to Break Silence
by Vincent Harding
delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr.
1967 April 4th, Riverside Church, New York City
Online Speech Bank
2001-2021
American Rhetoric
americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm

19.   the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc.
Certificate of birth for Martin Luther King, Jr.
Georgia Department of Public Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics
filed 1934 April 12th, revised 1957 July 23rd
certified copy issued 1987 November 24th
2021 January
the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research & Education Institute
Stanford University
kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/certificate-birth-martin-luther-king-jr

20.   ibid.
Harding, Vincent Gordon
The Encyclopedia
kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/harding-vincent-gordon

21.   ibid.
King Center (Atlanta, Georgia)
The Encyclopedia
kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/king-center-atlanta-georgia

22.   ibid.
Poor People’s Campaign
The Encyclopedia
kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/poor-peoples-campaign

23.   ibid.
Unfulfilled Dreams
delivered 1968 March 3rd, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta
A Knock at Midnight
Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Carson, Clayborne; Holloran, Peter (editors)
1998
New York: Warner Books
kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/publications/knock-midnight-inspiration-great-sermons-reverend-martin-luther-king-jr-9

24.   Farris, Christine King
Chapter 3.   Spelman and Morehouse College Days
Through It All
Reflections on My Life, My Family, and My Faith
2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-5511-0
Atria Books
a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
books.google.com/books?id=cBVxfwjO5zYC&pg=PT40&lpg=PT40&dq="Harvey+Buel+Spelman"+"Underground+Railroad"&source=bl&ots=AWDkn1hhoF&sig=ACfU3U1X9k7RWzFgba71QARqL5SLkLQXAQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj0kYnCs97xAhVmkeAKHeykAIoQ6AEwEXoECCUQAw#v=onepage&q&f=false

25.   Frej, Willa
U.S. Health Officials Are Finally Paying Attention To Palo Alto School Suicides
The CDC wants to get to the bottom of two separate “suicide clusters” that have rocked a Silicon Valley high school.
The Huffington Post
2016 February 17th, updated 2017 January 4th
HuffPost News
huffpost.com/entry/palo-alto-school-suicides_n_56c47124e4b08ffac1271065

26.   Garrow, David J.
When Martin Luther King Came Out Against Vietnam
The New York Times
2017 April 4th
The New York Times Company
nytimes.com/2017/04/04/opinion/when-martin-luther-king-came-out-against-vietnam.html?_r=0

27.   Hedin, Benjamin
Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s Searing Antiwar Speech, Fifty Years Later
The New Yorker
2017 April 4th
Condé Nast
newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/martin-luther-king-jr-s-searing-antiwar-speech-fifty-years-later

28.   Huelar, Keziah G.
Facts about Central
Central Philippine University
2019 January 7th
Central Philippine University
cpu.edu.ph/news/facts-about-central

29.   Jilani, Zaid
Martin Luther King Jr. Spent the Last Year of His Life Detested by the Liberal Establishment
Martin Luther King Jr. was much more radical than he is often portrayed.
The Intercept
2018 January 15th
First Look Media
theintercept.com/2018/01/15/martin-luther-king-jr-mlk-day-2018

30.   The King Center
About the King Center
Who We Are
2021 January
the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr.
thekingcenter.org/about-tkc

31.   Kings, the 1st book of
the First book of Kings
8th chapter, 17th-18th verses
circa mid 6th century BCE
the Tanakh (or the Hebrew Scriptures or the Old Testament)

32.   Korry, Elaine
Parents Go On ‘Track Watch’ After Calif. Teen Suicides
Morning Edition
2009 November 30th
NPR
npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120705583

33.   Krieg, Gregory
When MLK turned on Vietnam, even liberal ‘allies’ turned on him
CNN Politics
2018 April 4th
Cable News Network, A Warner Media Company
cnn.com/2018/04/04/politics/martin-luther-king-beyond-vietnam-speech-backlash

34.   La Ganga, Maria L.
Rash of teen suicides stuns Palo Alto campus
The Los Angeles Times
2009 October 30th
a California Times publication
latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-oct-30-me-student-suicides30-story.html

35.   Lewis, Aidan; McKenna, Bill
Washington DC from murder capital to boomtown
BBC News
2014 August 6th
BBC
bbc.com/news/magazine-28605215

36.   Mantler, Gordon K.
Chapter 4.   Poverty, Peace, and King’s Challenge
Power to the Poor
Black-Brown Coalition and the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974
2013
ISBN 978-1-4696-2188-3
the University of North Carolina Press
flexpub.com/preview/power-to-the-poor

37.   Marek, Grant
After 51 years, you can finally hike this Bay Area park. I did, and it made me furious.
SFGATE
2020 December 21st
Hearst Communications, Inc.
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Palo-Alto-Foothills-Park-hiking-trails-open-public-15820671.php

38.   McKnight, Gerald D.
The Last Crusade
Martin Luther King, Jr., the FBI, and the Poor People’s Campaign
1998
ISBN 0-8133-3384-9
Westview Press
archive.org/details/isbn_9780813333847/mode/2up

39.   Merriam-Webster
Unctuous.
Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary
2021 January
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unctuous

40.   National Park Service
Resurrection City
The Poor People’s Campaign
National Park Service articles
last updated: 2020 September 1st
U.S. Department of the Interior
www.nps.gov/articles/resurrection-city.htm

41.   Netter, Sarah
Teen Train Suicide Cluster Shakes Affluent California Town
Four Palo Alto, Calif., teens have jumped in front of a train in six months.
ABC News
2009 October 21st
ABC News Internet Ventures
abcnews.go.com/US/palo-alto-struggles-rash-teen-train-suicides/story?id=8881813

42.   the New York Times editorial board
Dr. King’s Error (excerpt)
The New York Times
1967 April 5th
1967 April 7th, Page 36
The New York Times Company
2021 January
the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research & Education Institute
Stanford University
kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/dr-kings-error

43.   Odyssey Impact Services
Nelson Mandela's First Address to the USA June 20th, 1990
2013 December 11th
Odyssey Impact
youtube.com/watch?v=3ZF2soAGKj0

44.   Payne, Charles M.
I’ve Got the Light of Freedom
the Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle
Pages 269-270
1996
ISBN 9780520085152
University of California Press
fulcrum.org/epubs/5h73pw39c?locale=en#/6/566[xhtml00000283]!/4/4/1:0

45.   Preuitt, Lori
Caltrain Suicide Leaves Palo Alto High School Grieving
School starts Tuesday
NBC Bay Area
2009 August 24th
NBC Universal
nbcbayarea.com/news/local/weekend-suicide-sparks-caltrain-to-act/1856611

46.   ibid.
Not Again: Caltrain Investigates Palo Alto Suicide
Death may be fourth train-related suicide at Silicon Valley high school
2009 October 20th
nbcbayarea.com/news/local/not-again-caltrain-investigates-suicide-in-palo-alto/2089629

47.   Richtel, Matt
Push, Don’t Crush, the Students
The New York Times
2015 April 24th
The New York Times Company
nytimes.com/2015/04/26/sunday-review/push-dont-crush-the-students.html

48.   Riverside Church
History & Archives
The Riverside Church
in the City of New York
2021 January
The Riverside Church
trcnyc.org/history

49.   ibid.
Visit Riverside
trcnyc.org/visit

50.   ibid.
Welcome to The Riverside Church in the City of New York
trcnyc.org

51.   The Rockefeller University
Campus & Community
The Rockefeller University
Science for the benefit of humanity
2021 January
The Rockefeller University
rockefeller.edu/about/our-campus

52.   ibid.
Our History
rockefeller.edu/about/history

53.   Rosin, Hanna
The Silicon Valley Suicides
Why are so many kids with bright prospects killing themselves in Palo Alto?
The Atlantic
2015 December
The Atlantic Monthly Group
theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/12/the-silicon-valley-suicides/413140

54.   Sandage, Scott A.
A Marble House Divided
The Lincoln Memorial, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Politics of Memory, 1939-1963
Journal of American History
Volume 80, Issue 1, 1993 June, Page 158
1993 June 1st
Organization of American Historians
Oxford University Press
academic.oup.com/jah/article-abstract/80/1/135/671451

55.   Sandmeyer, Elmer Clarence
The Anti-Chinese Movement in California
Pages 43-44
1991
ISBN 978-0252062261
University of Illinois Press
archive.org/details/antichinesemovem00sand/page/43/mode/2up

56.   Schudel, Matt
Vincent Harding, author of Martin Luther King Jr.’s antiwar speech, dies
The Washington Post
2014 May 22nd
Nash Holdings
washingtonpost.com/national/vincent-harding-author-of-martin-luther-king-jrs-antiwar-speech-dies/2014/05/22/9de4e31a-e1d1-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html

57.   Shearer, Tobin Miller
Moving Beyond Charisma in Civil Rights Scholarship
Vincent Harding’s Sojourn with the Mennonites, 1958-1966
Mennonite Quarterly Review
2008 April, Volume LXXXII, Number Two
2008 July 5th
Goshen College
goshen.edu/mqr/2008/07/april-2008-millershearer

58.   Shearer, Tobin Miller
A Prophet Pushed Out
Vincent Harding and the Mennonites
Mennonite Life
2015, Volume 69
Bethel College
mla.bethelks.edu/ml-archive/2015/a-prophet-pushed-out-vincent-harding-and-the-menno.php

59.   Smiley, Tavis
The Story Of King’s ‘Beyond Vietnam’ Speech
Talk of the Nation
2010 March 30th
NPR
npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125355148

60.   Tan, Andrew
Palo Alto commemorates its 125th anniversary
The city celebrates a history that is intertwined with Stanford
The Stanford Daily
2019 April 25th
The Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation
stanforddaily.com/2019/04/25/palo-alto-commemorates-its-125th-anniversary

61.   Tang, Eric
‘A Society Gone Mad on War’
The Enduring Importance of Martin Luther King’s Riverside Speech
The Nation
2017 April 4th
The Nation Company, L.P.
thenation.com/article/archive/a-society-gone-mad-on-war-the-enduring-importance-of-martin-luther-kings-riverside-speech

62.   Targ, Nicholas
Human Rights Hero
Fannie Lou Hamer
Human Rights Magazine
2005 Spring
Voting
How Far We’ve Come, How Far We Have to Go
Volume 32, Issue 2
2005 April 1st
the American Bar Association
americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/human_rights_vol32_2005/spring2005/hr_spring05_hero

63.   Tsuchiya, Kazuyo
Johnnie Tillmon (1926-1995)
BlackPast
2007 January 23rd
BlackPast.org
blackpast.org/african-american-history/tillmon-johnnie-1926-1995

64.   University of Chicago News Office
A brief history of the University of Chicago
uchicago news
2021 January
University of Chicago
Office of Communications
www-news.uchicago.edu/resources/brief-history.html

65.   Van Buren, Alex
12 Secrets of New York’s Central Park
Learn some little-known facts about this NYC landmark
Smithsonian Magazine
2016 January 27
Smithsonian Magazine
smithsonianmag.com/travel/12-secrets-new-yorks-central-park-180957937

66.   Viv, Stav
After Rash of Teen Suicides in Palo Alto, the CDC Sends Team to Investigate
Newsweek
2016 February 16th
Newsweek Digital LLC
newsweek.com/after-rash-teen-suicides-palo-alto-cdc-sends-team-investigate-427383

67.   Wallis, Jim
Remembering ‘Uncle Vincent’
Vincent’s warmth lifted the temperatures of those around him.
Sojourners Magazine
2014 August
Sojourners
sojo.net/magazine/august-2014/remembering-uncle-vincent

68.   Wang, Yanan
CDC investigates why so many students in wealthy Palo Alto, Calif., commit suicide
The Washington Post
2016 February 16th
Nash Holdings
washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/02/16/cdc-investigates-why-so-many-high-school-students-in-wealthy-palo-alto-have-committed-suicide

69.   Wright, Amy Nathan
Civil rights "unfinished business"
poverty, race, and the 1968 Poor People's Campaign
PhD Dissertation
Pages 163-164
2007
University of Texas at Austin
worldcat.org/title/civil-rights-unfinished-business-poverty-race-and-the-1968-poor-peoples-campaign/oclc/456207767

70.   ibid.
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