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= DECLASSIFIED BY 60324 auc BAW/CPB/CLS r ON O1-11-2007 : MOT AY CJ TAALES | a . 4 oe ed i* be Wwe ceivvae 5! _.. NAME CHECK MRS. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. fre: Captioned indjVidual, who you advised is affiliated with the Martin LutherXKing Center for Social Change, 671 Beckwith Street, Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, was the subject of White House name checks in 1976 and I971. Copies of the PBI memoranda dated January 26, 1970, and February 1, 1971, each concerning the captioned individual are attached. (62-108052-57, 67} HCONTA s Since that time, our files reveal the following information concerning the captioned individual: The National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC) and the Peoples Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) sponsored a series of demonstrations in Washington, D.C., during the 4 period of April 24 to May 5, 1971. The NPAC is an umbrella > “ae ‘ as ann rte rear an oma adel apa APG NS a em A mg ge oa So * Ber bA EA Z Ee a antiwar organization with an ,objective to involve masses including labor unions, G.I.'s, and the black community to effect the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. foreas from Southeast Asia and abolition of the draft. The PCPJ described itself as comprised of over 100 organizations whose purpose is g- to combat the issues of racism, poverty, repression and war. Jo On April 29, 1971, the Spring Demonstration Against Poverty, War -and Repression as sponsored by the Southern Christian adership Conference (SCLC), was held at Washington in conjunction .wWith the NPAC and PCPJ demonstrations, and featured Ralph D. Abernathy, President of SCLC, leading a mule train to the U.S. Capitol. With Abernathy calling for a guaranteed annual income of $6,500 for a family of four, other speakers at the. Capitel rally included Bella Abzug, National Student Mobilization Committee Secretary Debra Bustin, Senator Vance Hartke, and Coretta S. King. In her speech, Mrs. King spoke of the trouble in America, of churches and schools having been napalmed by those who seek personal profits, (our) cities are dying from bankruptcy, having mass murders, fear exists everywhere and the —_ 4 at { “TALASSIFIED BY. dezec, Dir. Dep AD Ae™ war ig the cause of all this. She said the war is an an enemy EaMAvENr ral Ga RIVE Bic oth 2210 xa ae f tay ye I Exempt) frag ne | Date of 4gpdlassification® thiefinite ' Dep. AD Inv. Agst. Dir: Orilv W) iy [ 1] Lebeatey —(Security), the White House. [Memo classified : "fonfddenei protect our interest. in a foreign -goverhmeht. ) Plan. & Evel, =to 1 Spec. : Train 2) a ; Legal Coun. ____ Telephone Rm. | om | Dicectar See'y — * Bae Big