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Coretta Scott King — Part 5

309 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Mar 27, 1962 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Coretta Scott King · 306 pages OCR'd
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PAGE TWO HE HAD TALKED WITH ABERNATHY TWO HOURS BEFORE AFTER TALKING TO ANDY YOUNG (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF SCLC). KE SAID YOUNG TOOK THE POSITION THAT ABERNATHY ONLY LISTENS TO PEOPLE WHO FLATTER HIM AND NOT PERSONS WHO HAVE CRITICISM. LEVISON SAID HE TOLD YOUNG THAT IF IT IS POINTED OUT TO ABERNATHY THAT CERTAIN WEAKNESSES CAN KILL HIM, HE 1S SMART ENOUGH TO LISTEN. LEVISON SAID HE SEES RIDICULE ARRISING IN THE PRESS BECAUSE OF INEFFICIENCY OF THE SCLC WHICH WILL BE A REFLECTION ON ABERNATHY, HE SAID HE TOLD YOUNG THAT IF HE AND YOUNG TALK TO ABERNATHY THAT ABERNATHY KNOWS THEY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALWAYS DELIVERED AND WILL LISTEN. LEVISON STATED HE THEN TALKED TO ABERNATHY AND TOLD HIM HE WAS GOING TO BE THE OBJECT OF RIDICULE WHICH HAD ALREADY BEGUN, THAT THE PRESS HAS BEEN. NICE TO HIM BUT IF HE DOES NOT ORGANIZE THE MAY THIRTY (POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN (PPC) MASS GATHERING IN WASHINGTON, DC) PROPERLY, HE WILL BE ATTACKED. LEVISON SAID HE RECOMMENDED THAT WYATT (WALKER FORMER SCLC OFFICIAL) WOULD BE A KEY MAN TO SET UP APPARATUS: IN NEW YORK FOR THE. PPC BECAUSE NEW YORK HAS TO PROVIDE NORE THAN HALF THE PEOPLE FOR THE WASHINGTON (NAY THIRTY) | EVENT, AND ABERNATHY AGREED. CORETIA SAID IT 15 i END PAGE Two
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