
CLASSIC: Ernest Withers: Civil Rights Hero, FBI Spy
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Reaction to Ernest Judas Withers
Ernest Withers has streets named after him in Memphis. Dick Gregory, the famous comedian activist, you know, labeled Ernest Judas. He said he betrayed the movement. There were a number of incidents like that when the FBI very strongly in Memphis in the late 60s tried to undercut the Black Power movement. And so, and again, people got hurt in that. I don't think Dr. King would have found anything wrong with that.
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