by Lew Rockwell, Lew Rockwell:

The New York Times has published an article today entitled “Lyndon Johnson Was No Friend of Martin Luther King Jr.” which describes how Johnson worked closely with former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover to destroy King. While there is a common perception today that Hoover was acting alone in his efforts to destroy King, whom Hoover was convinced was part of the supposed communist conspiracy to take over the United States and the rest of the world, the article shows that Hoover was supported in his efforts by a vast segment of the federal government, including President Johnson.