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Audio Tape Carrier

Carrier No: 1048-3-1

Component: 1048-3 Interview with William Rutherford

Work: 1048  Interview with William Rutherford

Item Id: 10129

Format: Audio Tape

Rack No: CAS.1715

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Description : WILLIAM RUTHERFORD INTERVIEW.  MANAGER FOR SCLC. REPRESENTATIVE OF SCLC IN EUROPE, FOR INFO AND FUNDRAISING. SCLC OFFICE WAS CHAOTIC. PUT OUT TENTH ANNIVERSARY        PUBLICATION. SPECTRUM OF SCLC MEMBERS. NO ONE IN SCLC ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT ORGANIZING PPC AT FIRST.
Notes : REEL ID 4062-7
Description : WILLIAM RUTHERFORD INTERVIEW.  DIDN'T THINK OTHER ETHNIC GROUPS WOULD RESPOND MUCH. MEETING AT          PASCHAL'S ABOUT SITUATION OF POOR PEOPLE IN AMERICA. MARTIN LUTHER KING ASKS JANITOR  IN EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH ABOUT HIS WIFE ON THE WAY TO THE MEETING. ALWAYS COMES BACK TO CONCERN WITH INDIVIDUAL
Description : WILLIAM RUTHERFORD INTERVIEW. SUSPICIOUS ABOUT FBI'S ABILITY TO KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT SCLC. FBI         INFORMANT. NOT DOING ANYTHING SUBVERSIVE OR ILLEGAL. 'LIKE SUNSHINE'
Description : WILLIAM RUTHERFORD INTERVIEW. RUTHERFORD'S FEELINGS AFTER MARTIN LUTHER KING'S DEATH. HIS PRESENCE CONTINUES TO BE WITH US. HE WAS CONCERNED WITH CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE WORLD. SUCH A FEELING OF DISBELIEF, I EXPECTED MARTIN LUTHER KING TO COME IN, STOP CHAOS AND SAY LET'S GET BACK TO WORK.
Description : WILLIAM RUTHERFORD INTERVIEW. PPC CARAVANS; ARTIST'S SUPPORT. MARLON BRANDO STORY. RECRUITING IN     NEW YORK CITY. SOUGHT WIDEST CONSTITUENCY - ALL ETHNIC GROUPS. EXPECTED A FEW,  GOT MANY. MET WITH BLACK MILITANTS. MARTIN LUTHER KING: NO JUSTIFICATION FOR VIOLENCE EVER.
Description : WILLIAM RUTHERFORD INTERVIEW.  NO ONE COULD CONTROL SCLC MEMBERS EXCEPT MARTIN LUTHER KING. MARTIN LUTHER KING WOULD LISTEN, THEN SUMMARIZE DISCUSSION. TO ORDER THIS, I TRIED TO LIMIT TIME OF EACH SPEAKER. STORY ABOUT BUYING TIMER FOR MEETINGS. FIRED PEOPLE FOR BEING LATE, ABSENT. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S ABILITY TO CONTROL.