FBI tapes Coretta Scott King
coretta scott husband , vice president-elect hubert humphrey on december 17, 1964 the fbi planned mail tapes of husband s alleged affairs southern christian leadership conference office since surveillance revealed coretta opened husband s mail when traveling. fbi learned king out of office time tapes mailed , wife 1 open it. j. edgar hoover advised mail southern state. coretta sorted tapes rest of mail, listened them, , called husband, giving bureau great deal of pleasure tone , tenor of reactions. king played tape in presence, along andrew young, ralph abernathy , joseph lowery. publicly, mrs. king couldn t make out of it, lot of mumbo jumbo. tapes part of larger attempt j. edgar hoover denounce king revelations in personal life.