Although the authorities claim that Martin Luther King's 1968 assassination was the work of a lone gunman, in 1999 a civil trial jury in a wrongful death action brought by the King family found that Dr. King was assassinated by a number of conspirators including government agents. Our guest to describe the conspiracy is William F. Pepper, the attorney who represented the family of Martin Luther King in that action.

This edition of Sprouts was produced by Ken MacDermotRoe and Dave Schwartz of "History Counts ," a monthly series examining important historical figures and events which are largely ignored or misunderstood. "History Counts" originates at WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT/WPKM 88.7 FM, Montauk, NY.