224 Notes to Pages 166–171 see King Jr., “Advice for Living,” from September 1957 to December 1958, in vol. 4 of Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. A. Philip Randolph, Lester B. Granger, Martin Luther King, and Roy Wilkins, “A Statement to the Presi- dent of the United States,” June 23, 1958, ibid., 4: 426–29. 33. Davis accused Abernathy of having an extramarital affair with his wife, who was a member of Abernathy’s First Baptist Church. Davis threatened Ab- ernathy with a gun and a hatchet. A few months later, the jury dismissed assault charges against Davis (“Negro Jailed after Attack on Leader of Bus Boycott,” Montgomery Advertiser August 30 1958; “Jury Rejects Abernathy Charges,” Montgomery Advertiser, November 22, 1958); “King Charges Police Brutal after Arrest,” Montgomery Advertiser, September 4, 1958; King Jr., “Statement to Eugene Loe,” in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 4: 487–90. 34. E. D. Nixon to King, September 9, 1958, in Papers of Martin Lu- ther King, Jr., 4: 492. Nixon refers to Rustin’s 1947 conviction for breaking North Carolina’s segregation laws, following which Rustin spent twenty-two days on a chain gang to complete his sentence. For Rustin’s journal entries during his incarceration, see Carbado and Weise, eds., Time on Two Crosses, 31–57. King to E. D. Nixon, September 16, 1958, in Papers of Martin Lu- ther King, Jr., 4: 494–95. 35. King, “Some Things We Must Do,” December 5, 1957, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 4: 328–43; Pittsburgh Courier, December 7, 1957. 36. Friedland, Lift up Your Voice Like a Trumpet, 30. See also Durr, Out- side the Magic Circle, 309. Andrews, interview by Durr. 37. Andrews, interview by Durr. 38. King Jr., “A Knock at Midnight,” September 14, 1958, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 6: 347–50. King borrowed portions of this sermon from Niles, “Summons at Midnight.” 39. King Jr., “Statement upon Return to Montgomery,” October 24, 1958, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 4: 513–14. 40. Vaughn and Wills, Reflections on Our Pastor, 31. 41. King, annual report, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, November 18, 1958, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 4: 537–39. 42. Kenneth L. Buford, William C. Patton, and King to Dwight D. Eisen- hower, January 25, 1959, ibid., 5: 111–12; King to G. Mennen Williams, January 28, 1959, ibid., 5: 112–13. 43. “Account by Lawrence Dunbar Reddick of Press Conference in New Delhi on 10 February 1959,” ibid., 5: 125–29; James E. Bristol to Corinne B. Johnson, March 10, 1959, ibid., 5: 137–42. 44. King, “A Walk through the Holy Land,” March 29, 1959, ibid., 5: 164–75.