Hellhound on His Trail: The Stalking of Martin Luther King, Jr. And the International Hunt for His Assassin

CHAPTER 19

TORNADO WARNINGS

²⁸⁸ "It was an ordinary goodbye": Coretta Scott King, My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr., p. 314.

²⁸⁹ "We have a celebrity": Abernathy, And the Walls Came Tumbling Down, p. 428.

²⁹⁰ "Nobody's going to kill you": Ibid.

²⁹¹ "We have not fully made up our minds": Honey, Going Down Jericho Road, p. 403.

²⁹² "If I were a man": Ibid., p. 402.

²⁹³ "We are fearful": Memphis Commercial Appeal, April 4, 1968, p. 1.

²⁹⁴ "Martin fell silent": Abernathy, And the Walls Came Tumbling Down, p. 429.

²⁹⁵ "Well, we are not going to be stopped": Beifuss, At the River I Stand, p. 269.

²⁹⁶ Lucius Burch: For a good overview of Burch's multifaceted career, see the fine anthology Lucius: Writings of Lucius Burch.

²⁹⁷ "Dr. King": Beifuss, At the River I Stand, p. 271.

²⁹⁸ "I had no second thoughts": Ibid., p. 272.

²⁹⁹ holding up binoculars: Memphis Police Department official statements, "Edward E. Redditt, MC, 37, Detective with the Memphis Police Department" and "Ptm. W. B. Richmond, MC, 27, Inspectional Bureau," box 5, Posner Papers, Gotlieb Center.

³⁰⁰ "This is the wrong place for you": Ibid.

³⁰¹ "People started looking at us": Ibid.