Radio Havana Reacts: Global Revolutionary Voices After MLK’s Assassination
In the days following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a flurry of broadcasts and newspaper reports from Cuba painted the murder not just as a tragedy-but as a catalyst. A secret telepouch report from April 1968 captured how Cuban state-run media...
Antulio Ortiz Ramirez: The Hijacker Who Vanished into Cuba
On May 1, 1961, Antulio Ortiz Ramirez forced a National Airlines plane from Florida to detour to Cuba. Though the passengers and aircraft returned safely, Ramirez remained behind-sparking a criminal case that would take over a decade to close. A newly reviewed...
CIA Promised to Preserve JFK & MLK Records Despite Requests to Destroy
In late 1976, the CIA assured Congress it would not destroy any records related to the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.-despite a scheduled return to routine document destruction. This commitment is outlined in a memo from CIA...
Congressional Investigator Pushes CIA on JFK and MLK Files
On November 24, 1976, Richard A. Sprague, Chief Counsel for the U.S. House Committee on Assassinations, paid a pivotal visit to CIA Headquarters. The committee was tasked with reinvestigating the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King...
The CIA Spied on MLK From a Miami Hotel Room
A classified CIA memo from July 1966, now declassified, reveals that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was spied on during a stay in Miami. The operation included physical surveillance, room monitoring, and even trash retrieval from King’s suite. The surveillance...
