M.L. King III Urges New Name for FBI Building
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Martin Luther King III urged Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft to support legislative efforts to remove former FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s name from the agency’s headquarters building.
“While it is the legislative right of Congress to pass legislation dropping the name, it is the moral right of those serious about justice to have a position on this issue,” said King, son of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Hoover, who was director of the FBI and its predecessor from 1924 until his death in 1972, raised questions in later years for using the agency for political vendettas against civil rights activists such as King.
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