Hello and welcome once again to the conversations that matter

podcast I'm your host John Harris as always we have a special guest today

who's never been on the podcast before this is his first time we have John

Avery Emerson who is the author of this book the deep state assassination of

Martin Luther King and this this is going to be an interesting topic and probably a bit of a

controversial one but I'm no stranger to controversy so Dr. Emerson thank you for

joining me I appreciate it and you know

know what tell us a little bit about yourself who you are what made you

interested in this subject well glad to be here John I appreciate you you

having me on your podcast.

Well, I grew up in West Tennessee about 75 miles

from Memphis in the small town of Alamo.

And on April the 4th, 1968,

I was one month away from graduating from high school when Dr King was assassinated.

And so I feel like I've almost lived this situation obviously I wasn't in Memphis when they had

curfew and all of the problems that they had. Our local National Guard unit was mobilized down there,

so I knew a number of the people who were actually on the scene.

And then my great uncle, my mother's uncle,

Harry Avery was Commissioner of Correction and within a year or so of Ray being

captured he was in the custody of my uncle in the Tennessee State Penitentiary.

He began the only real investigation,

free from outside influence,

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