black people was. the degree of violence that the civil rights movement encountered in the south was a reflection of just how intense some of that hatred was. but david, it wasn t only in the south. because three years after the march in a gallup poll found that most americans held unfavorable views of dr. king himself. 66% had an unfavorable view. david, you wrote an extensive book, won a pulitzer prize on dr. king. dr. king was not this universally loved figure at the height of his career. exactly correct, reverend. and it s important to emphasize especially on this anniversary day that dr. king by 1966-1967, dr. king is focusing on racism
alone by those people, i think he s entitled to be left alone too. and two months after the march j. edgar hoover, head of the fbi, began wiretapping dr. king s phone. a year after the march, just 10% of whites said mass demonstrations helped the cause of racial equality. and 81% of whites said demonstrations hurt the cause. history did not render its verdict on the march on washington overnight. it would take time, decades even, before the full meaning of the march became clear. joining me now is david ga rerks ll, he won the pulitzer prize on the book bearing the cross. and gary young, nation author whose new book is called the speech: the story behind martin luther king s dream. thank you both for joining me tonight. thank you for having me. david, we celebrate the march
march j. edgar hoover, head of the fbi, began wiretapping dr. king s phone. a year after the march, just 10% of whites said mass demonstrations helped the cause of racial equality. and 81% of whites said demonstrations hurt the cause. history did not render its verdict on the march on washington overnight. it would take time, decades even, before the full meaning of the march became clear. joining me now is david ga rerks ll, he won the pulitzer prize on the book bearing the cross. and gary young, nation author whose new book is called the speech: the story behind martin luther king s dream. thank you both for joining me tonight. thank you for having me. david, we celebrate the march
encountered in the south was a reflection of just how intense some of that hatred was. but david, it wasn t only in the south. because three years after the march in a gallup poll found that most americans held unfavorable views of dr. king himself. 33% had a favorable view. 66% had an unfavorable view. david, you wrote an extensive book, won a pulitzer prize on dr. king. dr. king was not this universally loved figure at the height of his career. exactly correct, reverend. and it s important to emphasize especially on this anniversary day that dr. king by 1966-1967, dr. king is focusing on racism and housing segregation in northern cities. particularly in chicago. he s also speaking out very
prepared to do to stem that, to stop those deaths and address the humanitarian crisis going on right now in addition to that, what are you and your colleagues prepared to do to cancel the killer debt that s already strangling puerto rico right now and our ability to get on our feet and rebuild puerto rico the right way? thank you. thank you, david for your question. that s quite a wide range going from the debt to the lack of water and power. as we said before the show, our college roommate is from puerto rico. we call her and we can t reach her. i m sorry you can t reach your family, but the communication as you know is down. i think we have to as we look at it relief right away, recovery to rebuild so that people can live. but then the ongoing economic health of the country. i don t think that they should rebuild the grid the way it is