“Therefore, you’d have the Negroes knocked down again without getting an agreement.” This prospect caused Burke Marshall to speak up. “If that agreement blows up,” he said wearily, “the Negroes will be, uh…” His voice faded away. “Uncontrollable,” suggested the President. Marshall nodded. “And I think not only in Birmingham,” he added, as one of the few white people who shared King’s premonitions about the outward ripples from Project C.
