Merv Griffin Show: Jane Fonda and Roger Vadim in 1967

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat

I would be lying if I said I had any idea who the hell Roger Vadim is other than what I got out of this video. And I only like to lie when I’m in trouble. You know being questioned by police, on the stand being cross-examined. And if you are wondering how I get away with that. I cross my fingers when I’m put under oath and say “I do”. But Jane Fonda is very well-known and for good reasons. A beautiful baby-face adorable actress with a very quick wit and sense of humor. As well as intelligence that allows for her to play all sorts of characters that her career indicates that she has.

Merv Griffin Show: Jane Fonda & Roger Vadim in 1967

 

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Merv Griffin Show: Martin Luther King (1967)

Source:Merv Griffin Show– Dr. Martin L. King in 1967.

Source:The New Democrat

“Merv Griffin Interview with Martin Luther King, Jr.”

From St. Stephen Church

One of the things I respect most about Dr. Martin L. King is that even though he must have had a lot of at least inside anger because of all the racism and racial discrimination that he and the African-American community endured in this period, that because he had so much class, intelligence, and was such a peaceful man, that he generally did not show it. And instead used his intelligence based on the facts to bring so many people of multiple races behind his cause.

Instead of using his anger and dividing the country even further, Dr. King was a true leader and used whatever anger he must felt in a positive sense as a motivator to stay on course and move his movement in the right direction. And get the people behind him to accomplish his goals. And this was from people of multiple races and not just of African and European descent. But people of all races behind him.

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