Bush Vows Justice in Bombing Deaths
President Bush on Tuesday praised Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s courage in the face of threats and promised to “bring to justice the bigots” responsible for a wave of bombings against civil rights leaders two decades after King’s death.
Dr. Benjamin L. Hooks, executive director of the NAACP, a prime target of the hate campaign, emerged from the Oval Office saying he was “fairly satisfied” with federal efforts to solve the bombings, but was seeking further assurance “that from the presidency down there is a sense of urgency.”
Bush invited civil rights leaders and students to the White House to witness his signing of a proclamation in connection with Monday’s holiday marking King’s birthday.
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