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Jacqueline Kennedy expressed disdain for Martin Luther King Jr. on newly released tape recordings - saying she couldn’t look at a picture of him “without thinking…that man’s terrible” - but later came to admire the civil rights leader.
Jacqueline Kennedy expressed disdain for Martin Luther King Jr. on newly released tape recordings - saying she couldn’t look at a picture of him “without thinking…that man’s terrible” - but later came to admire the civil rights leader.
Kennedy called King a “phony” and “tricky” during hours of chatty, never-before-revealed interviews with the historian Arthur Schlesinger that he tape recorded.
The interviews took place in 1963, shortly after Kennedy had been assassinated.
The interviews took place in 1963, shortly after Kennedy had been assassinated.
The former First Lady said on the tapes that King had made derogatory remarks about her husband’s funeral and the Cardinal who celebrated Mass at the event, according to a report on the tapes by the
“He made fun of Cardinal Cushing and said that he was drunk at it [the funeral],” Kennedy said. “And things about they almost dropped the coffin. I just can’t see a picture of Martin Luther King without thinking, you know, that man’s terrible,” Kennedy said in a newly-released book featuring transcripts of the Kennedy tapes.
According to ABC, which has obtained the audio tapes and is hosting a two-hour Jackie Kennedy special, the former first lady said King had arranged for an “orgy in the hotel” while in town for the March on Washington in August 1963.
Kennedy said that her husband, President John F. Kennedy, had urged her not to be judgmental about it.
“If you asked her what she thought of Martin Luther King overall… she admired him tremendously,” Caroline Kennedy told ABC’s Diane Sawyer.
“Obviously, J. Edgar Hoover had passed on something that Martin Luther King said about my father’s funeral, to Uncle Bobby and to Mommy. And obviously, she was upset about that,” Caroline Kennedy added. “It shows you the poisonous … activities of J. Edgar Hoover.”
Jacqueline Kennedy became friendly with King and his family and attended the civil rights leader’s funeral in 1968.
“He made fun of Cardinal Cushing and said that he was drunk at it [the funeral],” Kennedy said. “And things about they almost dropped the coffin. I just can’t see a picture of Martin Luther King without thinking, you know, that man’s terrible,” Kennedy said in a newly-released book featuring transcripts of the Kennedy tapes.
According to ABC, which has obtained the audio tapes and is hosting a two-hour Jackie Kennedy special, the former first lady said King had arranged for an “orgy in the hotel” while in town for the March on Washington in August 1963.
Kennedy said that her husband, President John F. Kennedy, had urged her not to be judgmental about it.
“If you asked her what she thought of Martin Luther King overall… she admired him tremendously,” Caroline Kennedy told ABC’s Diane Sawyer.
“Obviously, J. Edgar Hoover had passed on something that Martin Luther King said about my father’s funeral, to Uncle Bobby and to Mommy. And obviously, she was upset about that,” Caroline Kennedy added. “It shows you the poisonous … activities of J. Edgar Hoover.”
Jacqueline Kennedy became friendly with King and his family and attended the civil rights leader’s funeral in 1968.
In the tapes, Jacqueline Kennedy also says that the president was anxious to dump FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover.
In the interviews, the former first lady said her husband openly ridiculed the notion of Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson succeeding him as president.
In the interviews, the former first lady said her husband openly ridiculed the notion of Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson succeeding him as president.
“Jack said it to me sometimes. He said, `Oh, God, can you ever imagine what would happen to the country if Lyndon were president?’” she said, according to the AP. “And Bobby told me that he’d had some discussions with him …do something to name someone else in 1968.”
Johnson became president after JFK’s assassination and was elected to a full term in 1964. He decided not to seek re-election in 1968.
The Daily Mail reported last month that she believed that Vice President Johnson was behind her husband’s assassination. ABC contended then that the Daily Mail’s report was inaccurate.
Johnson became president after JFK’s assassination and was elected to a full term in 1964. He decided not to seek re-election in 1968.
The Daily Mail reported last month that she believed that Vice President Johnson was behind her husband’s assassination. ABC contended then that the Daily Mail’s report was inaccurate.
No wonder she never showed up at an Civil Rights events!
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