Jesse's Bloody Shirt

March 5th, 2002 | Edited by Sabertooth

[Sabertooth]

To know him is to love him.

Actually, there are a few items I didn't find for this compendium that would be of interest...

Tanscripts and/or photos of either Jesse Jackson's April 1968 "Bloody Shirt" appearances on the Today Show or his at his press conference with Mayor Daley of Chicago.

[Texaggie79]

[Victoria Delsoul]

Bump for later.

[Sabertooth]

(((ping))))

[Sabertooth]

Apologies if this table is wide and screwy. I'm told that not eveyone is seeing it as I formatted it (though I am)... not sure why that is.

Apparently, not all browsers render HTML the same way.

[patriot_wes]

Like algore always said "a leopard never changes its stripes".....or once a race pimp, always ......or something like that.

[doug from upland]

This is a FReeper Hall of Fame thread.

[Demidog]

I know this may sound conspiratorial but the assumption here is that King was murdered, and Jesse simply, like the opportunist he is, attempted to step in and fill the void.

However, this begs the question. Wasn't it Jesse who benefitted the most from the assasination of King?

[harpseal]

btt

[Demidog]

By the way. It is my belief that the only black leader of that era with any integrity was Malcom X, a Muslim. He was a far more dangerous leader than any other to the establishment because he preached independence and an aversion to any government help. His message was that blacks already had freedom and merely had to excercise it. A far cry from the "crawl to the government and beg for your freedom" message that was being touted by King and later Jackson.

[MeekOneGOP]

bump!

[Cachelot]

By the way. It is my belief that the only black leader of that era with any integrity was Malcom X, a Muslim.

Where your sympathies lie isn't exactly news, FemiFog :). But why do you think it's of interest?

[LouD]

I always thought Jackson's calling Dr. King to the railing was a little odd.

But what is really strange is his behavior after his mentor and friend was killed. I mean, think about what King meant to people like Abernathy and, ostensibly, Jackson. Imagine yourself in that scene. Jackson, minutes after King was killed, wiped King's blood on his shirt. Shortly thereafter, he started giving press conferences.

Would you be able to switch gears that quickly from fear and grief to career advancement and self-positioning? I don't think most people could, unless they were incredibly callous, or they expected it to happen and were prepared to take advantage of it.

[Sabertooth]

Thanks, Doug.

BTW, I wonder where the Bloody Shirt is now?

[Dakmar]

I can see the whole thing if I maximize IE and close the history/favorites window.

[Victoria Delsoul]

"In Memphis, Dr. King's chief associates met in his room after he died. They included Mr. Young, Mr. Abernathy, Mr. Jackson, the Rev. James Bevel and Hosea Williams. They had to step across a drying pool of Dr. King's blood to enter. Someone had thrown a crumpled pack of cigarettes into the blood. After 15 minutes they emerged. Mr. Jackson looked at the blood. He embraced Mr. Abernathy."

Hmmm, thanks Saber. Good job!

[Sabertooth]

I can see the whole thing if I maximize IE and close the history/favorites window.

As can I (at 800 x 600 resolution).

I'm learning that different versions of different browsers render HTML differently... isn't that nice?

I formatted this using Explorer 5 for Mac.

[Sabertooth]

[auggy]

My memory must be really poor. Dr. Martin Luther King goes down in history, because , he preached non-violence. My memory is there was violence at every town he spoke in. I know there was violence in Evansville, IN. A curfew had to be imposed after his speech. Does anyone else have the same memories that I have?