GoKawiilUnredacted 1964 FBI letter urging MLK to kill himself fully published
A 1964 letter the FBI's domestic intelligence chief William Sullivan sent to Martin Luther King Jr.'s home, accompanied by tapes of King's extramarital affairs, urged King to take his own life. The full unredacted text, uncovered by Yale historian Beverly Gage, was published by the New York Times in November 2014 after being sent to King's wife, who opened the package.