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The Truth is out there. Here is some of it. Ask yourself why MLK (Michael's) records are sealed until 2027? If it was positive, it would not be sealed.
Most of the info is from Reportable History experts, as quoted in Newsweek and Time magazine.
Four things you didn't know about Dr. Martin Luther King
1. His name wasn't Martin Luther. It was Michael. It was decided Martin Luther had a more prominent ring to it, so he went by that. He never legally changed his name. To this day, he lived and died as Michael King.
His name wasn't Martin Luther King-Truth!
According to all accounts, the name on Martin Luther King's birth certificate is Michael and there is no evidence that he changed it.
Until adulthood, Martin Luther King, Jr. was known as "M.L." or "Michael."
2. While working on his dissertation for his doctoral degree at Boston University, he heavily plagiarized from another author who had done research on a subject similar to King's. As academic committee later found that over half of King's work was plagiarized, yet would not revoke his doctrine. King was dead by this time, and the committee ruled that revoking the title would serve no purpose. It was also discovered that King's famous I HAVE A DREAM speech was also not his own. He stole it from a sermon by Archibald Carey, a popular black preacher in the 1950's
Martin Luther King plagiarized in college-Truth!
The staff at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project discovered a lot of plagiarism in Martin Luther King's writings and in a 1991 article in THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY said that "plagiarism was a general pattern evident in nearly all of his academic writings" including his doctoral dissertation. King plagiarized from a speech given to the Republican convention in 1952 by an African-American preacher named Archibald Carey, Jr. Especially the last couple of paragraphs of Kings speech. Some of it was word for word from Carey's speech.
3. King was under FBI surveillance for several years (until he died) due to his ties with communist organizations throughout the country. King accepted money from the organizations to fund his movements. In return, King had to appoint communist leaders to run certain districts of his SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), who then could project their communist ideas to larger audiences. A federal judge in the 60's ruled that the FBI files on King links to communism to remain top-secret until 2027. Senator Jesse Helms appealed to the Supreme Court in 1983 to release the files, so the correct bill in the Senate to create the Martin Luther King Federal Holiday could be abolished. He was denied.
King was under surveillance because of his ties to communist organizations-Truth!
David Garrow, the author of "Bearing the Cross," a book about Martin Luther King, says that King's criticism of the Kennedy administration drew administration scrutiny. At least two of his associates, including Stanley Levinson, had been members of the Communist party.
4. One of King's closest friends, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, wrote a book in
1989 in which he talked about King's obsession with white prostitutes. King would often use church donations to have drunken sex parties, where he would hire two to three white prostitutes, occasionally beating them brutally. This has also been reported by the FBI agents who monitored King. King was married with four children.
King engaged in Extramarital Affairs-Truth! One of King's closest associates addressed rumors about King's sexual activities in his 1989 book, "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down." He said that King did have a weakness for women and engaged in extramarital affairs. As a part of its surveillance activities, the FBI did document some sexual encounters involving Martin Luther King.
Most of the info is from Reportable History experts, as quoted in Newsweek and Time magazine.
Four things you didn't know about Dr. Martin Luther King
1. His name wasn't Martin Luther. It was Michael. It was decided Martin Luther had a more prominent ring to it, so he went by that. He never legally changed his name. To this day, he lived and died as Michael King.
His name wasn't Martin Luther King-Truth!
According to all accounts, the name on Martin Luther King's birth certificate is Michael and there is no evidence that he changed it.
Until adulthood, Martin Luther King, Jr. was known as "M.L." or "Michael."
2. While working on his dissertation for his doctoral degree at Boston University, he heavily plagiarized from another author who had done research on a subject similar to King's. As academic committee later found that over half of King's work was plagiarized, yet would not revoke his doctrine. King was dead by this time, and the committee ruled that revoking the title would serve no purpose. It was also discovered that King's famous I HAVE A DREAM speech was also not his own. He stole it from a sermon by Archibald Carey, a popular black preacher in the 1950's
Martin Luther King plagiarized in college-Truth!
The staff at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project discovered a lot of plagiarism in Martin Luther King's writings and in a 1991 article in THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY said that "plagiarism was a general pattern evident in nearly all of his academic writings" including his doctoral dissertation. King plagiarized from a speech given to the Republican convention in 1952 by an African-American preacher named Archibald Carey, Jr. Especially the last couple of paragraphs of Kings speech. Some of it was word for word from Carey's speech.
3. King was under FBI surveillance for several years (until he died) due to his ties with communist organizations throughout the country. King accepted money from the organizations to fund his movements. In return, King had to appoint communist leaders to run certain districts of his SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), who then could project their communist ideas to larger audiences. A federal judge in the 60's ruled that the FBI files on King links to communism to remain top-secret until 2027. Senator Jesse Helms appealed to the Supreme Court in 1983 to release the files, so the correct bill in the Senate to create the Martin Luther King Federal Holiday could be abolished. He was denied.
King was under surveillance because of his ties to communist organizations-Truth!
David Garrow, the author of "Bearing the Cross," a book about Martin Luther King, says that King's criticism of the Kennedy administration drew administration scrutiny. At least two of his associates, including Stanley Levinson, had been members of the Communist party.
4. One of King's closest friends, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, wrote a book in
1989 in which he talked about King's obsession with white prostitutes. King would often use church donations to have drunken sex parties, where he would hire two to three white prostitutes, occasionally beating them brutally. This has also been reported by the FBI agents who monitored King. King was married with four children.
King engaged in Extramarital Affairs-Truth! One of King's closest associates addressed rumors about King's sexual activities in his 1989 book, "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down." He said that King did have a weakness for women and engaged in extramarital affairs. As a part of its surveillance activities, the FBI did document some sexual encounters involving Martin Luther King.
