It was found in a civil court of law that the agents of the Federal Government conspired to kill MLK, including creating pressure to try and get his wife to leave him, and to get him to kill himself.

They wanted to do everything they could to shut down this man's message of unity and judging people by the content of their character rather than the color of the their skin. This message is the antidote to the control that authoritarians try to impose through divide-and-conquer. These letters show the lengths these people go to, to maintain and reinforce their control.