Martin Luther King Day, January 20, 2020
When the Montgomery Bus Boycott began in Montgomery Alabama in December 5, 1955 I.F. Stone wrote in his Weekly newsletter, "The Negro needs a Gandhi." The Negro soon found a Gandhi in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I give Martin Luther King the title "Dr." advisedly, because: "A committee of scholars appointed by Boston University concluded today that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. plagiarized passages in his dissertation for a doctoral degree at the university 36 years ago." https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/11/us/boston-u-panel-finds-plagiarism-by-dr-king.html This plagiarism is difficult to understand from the man who wrote "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," and who composed some of the most memorable speeches in the English language. Martin Luther King has also been exposed as a womanizer. While this was unacceptable in a clergyman and a married man, it is somewhat easier to understand. A man with Martin Luther King's fame ...