The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Letter from Burke Marshall of the US Department of Justice to MLK
Abstract
Civil Rights Division Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall responds to a telegram from Dr. King requesting an investigation regarding conditions at the Mitchell County, Georgia Jail. Marshall points out that his department has no juridiction in the absence of any federal violations, but he assures the Reverend that he will examine any information sent by Dr. King.