</s>104-10455-10204 2017 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 31/ DISP NO TELEPOUCH DISP No - NOHIE MICROFI-MED - NOHE DATE - AG APRIL 1968 - APR 15 1968 INDEXING - NOONE DOC. MICRO. ORK. MICROFILM - NONE - CHIEF TO - CHIEP - CHIFF CHIEF CHIEFS INFO - CHIFF - CHIEFS FROM SUBJECT - SUMMARY OF CUBAN MEDIA MEDIA TREATMENT OF THE DEATH OF THE death OF - CHILF - CHIET - CHILFS - CHIFFS - MARTIN LUTHER KING, TAI APRIL 1988 THE FOLLOWING SUMMERY OF CIBAN MEDIAL MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE MART IN LUTHER KING ASSASSINATIATION-DURING. OF. CUBAB MEDIA COVERAGE. OF THE MARIN IN PREPARED BY. THE GRAMA (HAVANA DAILY NEWSPAPER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CUBAN - APRIL 68, FRONT PAGE - LAST MINUTE NEWS - HARTIN I LUTHER KING ASSASSIMATED IN MEMPHIS, U.S.A. ACCORDING TO FIRST REPORTS, LUTBER KING HAS BEEN SHOT BY A WHITE WELL-DRESSED YOUNG MALE ... GRAMA, A APRIL, A WHITE VELL-DRESSEED YOUNGE . . . BEEN KILLED IN THE U. S. AS A RESULT OF THE FIGHTING WHICH WAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE THE ASSASSINTATION OF MARTH LUTHR KING. IN WASHING- TON ALONE THERE ARE 750 WOUNDED AND 4,186 PERSONS ARRESTED. SNIPERS CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE IN DIFFERENT CITIES IN THE US.A ., THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE CAPITOL ARE UNDER HEAVY GUARD. - FULL INFORMATION. - GRANNA, Y APRIL. LAST PAGE - TO RICHMOND TO LIBERATE, RAP BRUN-S. A.WASHINGTON, A.PAPRILL, ASSOCIATED, FRENCH PRESS, APP. FRENCH NEWS AGENCY AX LEAFTES WEERE. DISTRIBUTED HERE THIS MONKING, LIGGING THE WEGRO PEOPLE OF. WASHINGTON WERE.DISTRICRICHINGTO.TO RICHMONTO TO LIGERATE. <loc_36><loc_828>HAP. THE LEAFLETS CALLED ON THE HEROES, TO FORM A A HUICE. <loc_846><loc_831><loc_831>CADE AND LEAVE FOR RICHIONSON TOMORROW, MONDAY.

Summary:  
The document contains Cuban media coverage of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in April 1968. GRAMA (Havana Daily Newspaper) reported that King was shot by a white, well-dressed young man in Memphis, U.S.A., and noted ongoing racial tensions, with 750 wounded and 4,186 arrests in Washington D.C. The document includes leaflets calling for protests and violence, urging the formation of armed groups to retaliate against U.S. authorities. Cuban radio stations like RADIO LIBERACION and RADIO HABANA broadcast messages condemning U.S. racism and supporting Black liberation movements. Statements from figures such as Stokely Carmichael and Bishop Augustin Rínez are cited, with Carmichael advocating for revolutionary violence in response to King's death. The text also references international solidarity efforts, including messages from the Asian, African, and Latin American Peoples' Solidarity Organization (AALAPOSO) and the Vietnamese mission in Havana.  

Key People:  
- Stokely Carmichael (advocated revolutionary violence)  
- Bishop Augustin Rínez (Episcopal Church of Cuba)  
- Juaréz (Cuban journalist, GRAMA correspondent)  
- Rafael Pastor (Presbyterian Church in Luyano, Havana)  

Key Locations:  
- Memphis, U.S.A. (site of King's assassination)  
- Washington D.C. (location of reported violence and arrests)  
- Havana, Cuba (headquarters of Cuban media and radio stations)  

Key Events:  
- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, April 1968  
- Protests and calls for armed resistance in the U.S.  
- International solidarity messages from Cuban and global organizations  
- Statements by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on television  

Key Organizations:  
- Cuban Communist Party (via GRAMA)  
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)  
- Black Panther Party  
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)  
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)  
- Asian, African, and Latin American Peoples' Solidarity Organization (AALAPOSO)  
- Vietnamese mission in Havana

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