- Note - As are many major figures in American History,
Dr. King was as controversial as he was famous. His contributions to society
are praised by many while questioned by others. We always welcome reponses.
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- For the full article: 'Report on Martin Luther King,
Jr.'s Hidden Life and the Aftereffects' http://ourworld.cs.com/ceoofamcolso/id76.htm
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- Martin Luther King, Jr. - His very name conjures images
of peace in a land that desperately needs it. Practically everyone in the
U.S. has heard of his deeds of valor in the strife-ridden days of the 1950s
to 1960s.
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- He fought against injustices until the very day that
he was assassinated by a bitter fanatic, James Earl Ray. He was a true
American, committed to the principles of democracy, truth, justice, honor,
and order. King promoted harmony among African-Americans and whites at
a time when a cool head was needed. He valiantly battled against insurmountable
odds in the name of freedom. As a reverend, he maintained an ethically
conservative image. He attained the Nobel Peace Prize. King has become
a legend today -- perhaps, to some, a martyr for freedom and rights --
which is why all the states pay tribute to him with a holiday.
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- At least, that is what we have been told.
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- There appears to be a darker side to King that very few
people know. Many of those who have heard of this other side of King seem
to be unwilling to discuss it. Vouchsafed, there may be an occasional backwoods
redneck, who appears to be uneducated and frothing at the mouth, elevated
to a pedestal for display to the general public on a talk show about hate
or something of that nature. However, for the most part, King's image has
been that of a non-violent advocate. Looking at his life, however, shows
a different picture.
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- Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929.
At the time, he was named Michael King, Jr. When he was about five years
old, his father, who was a Baptist minister, went to tour Jerusalem at
his congregation's expense. His father decided he liked the Protestant
reformer Martin Luther and decided to call himself Martin Luther King,
Sr., and gave his son the name Martin Luther King, Jr. As Martin Luther
King, Jr. grew older, he ran into a problem with a white child. The white
child rejected his friendship with King. Because of this incident, King
swore to 'hate every white person.' It was not until King began attending
college that he associated with whites again.
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- Although King appeared to be academically advanced for
his age, his records seem to be demonstrative of someone who was merely
average. For instance, his score on the Graduate Record Exam in quantitative
analysis was in the bottom 10 percent. His other scores appeared to be
similar: Advanced Philosophy: bottom 33 percent; English and vocabulary:
below average; et cetera. Perhaps, because of his average abilities, he
had to often copy other people's works.
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- In his doctoral dissertation, it was determined by Boston
University that King had plagiarized 45 percent of the first part and 21
percent of the second, though King's doctorate was not revoked. (Theodore
Pappas, editor of the magazine Chronicles, wrote a book called 'The Martin
Luther King, Jr. Plagiarism Story,' that discusses King's plagiarism.)
King continued to plagiarize others' works throughout his life. While copying,
he would often misspell words. For brevity's sake, one example follows
(on the top is the original; below, King's copy):
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- 'Before we come to consider some modern theories it may
be well to refer to two views...which are now obsolete or obsolescent.'
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- 'Before we come to consider some modern theories it may
be well to refer briefly to two views which are now obsolete or at least
absolescent [sic].'
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- As King grew older, his activities worsened. Though he
often said that he advocated nonviolence, his tactics often resulted in
violence. Congressman John Ashbrook said that the 'Big Lie technique' was
clearly used by King. "Repeat 'nonviolence' over and over so the public
will believe it and then practice violence or the encouraging of violence."
After King allegedly and seemingly instigated a riot in Birmingham, which
required the police department and the fire department to stop the people
and the flames, King said, "Today was D-Day. Tomorrow will be double
D-Day." King went to the extent of threatening mayors who would not
do his bidding, saying they were to be "set up as lambs for the slaughter."
At another time, he called for the "creative victories of black power."
At the National Conference for New Politics, which had banners that read
"burn, baby, burn," King delivered a speech.
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- Many African-Americans were upset with King's tactics.
Rev. Henry Mitchell, the leader of about 50,000 African Americans who comprised
his West Side organization in Chicago, asked King to leave when he came
to town. Mitchell felt that King "brought hate" with him. The
black Bishop C. Fain Kyle said that King was "directly or indirectly
responsible for the chaos, anarchy, insurrection, and rebellion brought
about through demonstrations and rioting throughout the United States in
recent years, months, weeks, and days." Kyle felt that King should
have been "shorn of his power and imprisoned for his criminal acts
and deeds..." J. H. Jackson, the African-American president of the
National Baptist Convention, said that King's tactics "led to a fatal
riot" and the death of Rev. A. O. Wright in Detroit. After King spoke
at the Southern Baptist Seminary, three churches withheld funds.
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- King felt that any law he did not like was 'unjust.'
And he made it perfectly clear that he would not obey any unjust law, which
is why he was arrested more than 14 times. When one of King's cases was
brought before the Supreme Court, he found out that he was expected to
obey the same laws as everyone else. Justice Stewart, speaking on behalf
of the court's decision that prevented King from disobeying one of his
'unjust' laws that began in a protest and culminated in a riot, said that
everyone, "irrespective of his race, color, politics, or religion,"
should obey the judicial process. Stewart noted that King and his friends,
much like everyone else in the U.S., were not allowed to "carry their
battles to the streets."
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- At another time, Justice Frankfurter noted a foreboding
premonition that proved to be true:
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- "If one man can be allowed to determine for himself
what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. One cannot
preach nonviolence and, at the same time, advocate defiance of the law,
whether it be a court order, a municipal ordinance, or a state or federal
statute. For to defy the law is to invite violence, especially in a tense
atmosphere involving many hundreds or thousands of people. To invite violence
is to endanger one's own life. And one cannot live dangerously always."
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- What were King's reasons for disrupting cities? Well,
one thing that King wanted for blacks was preferential treatment when it
came to hiring -- something that is in full-force today. For instance,
when King first attained notoriety status in his Montgomery bus boycott
campaign, one of his demands was that blacks be hired for predominantly
African-American bus routes, despite qualification or skills. He felt that
Afro-Americans deserved it. At another time, he said that coloreds should
be given land that was to be taken from whites. When one of his aides,
Wyatt Walker, appeared on the show 'The American Experience' on July 21,
1963, the aide clearly articulated that "compensatory preferences"
were to be given to blacks to compensate for any inadequacies.
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- It appears that King was also not too fond of America.
Perhaps that is why he was tabbed a 'communist' by the FBI, according to
the African-American columnist Carl Rowan who was allowed to view FBI documents.
Karl Prussian, an FBI counterspy, noted in an affidavit that King "had
either been a member of, or wittingly supported and took support from,
over 60 communist fronts, individuals, and/or organizations, which give
aid to or espouse communist causes."
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- Stanley Levison, a KGB agent who was often referred to
as King's 'money man,' supported King's ventures.
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- When the Vietnam War occurred, King criticized America
for being against the Viet Cong. U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond noted that King
"turned from his successes at creating domestic disorders to an attempt
to play the same role with similar consequences in international affairs."
King never seems to condemn the Viet Cong, even when they tortured the
South Vietnamese. He never uttered a complaint about the 2,429 South Vietnamese
who were killed between the summer of 1965 and the winter of 1966. Nor
were there any complaints from King when the Viet Cong guerrillas terrorized
a village, including the children. When the Viet Cong executed a village
chief and carved flesh from the body of his wife, King still did not utter
any complaints. In fact, he once said that he wanted "to help our
Viet Cong comrades in arms." Perhaps his wife felt the same way; she
went to Hanoi with her friends, as U.S. soldiers were dying in the south
Vietnam.
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- Many people, who still held a belief in the principles
that made this nation great, became upset over King's activities. Joseph
O'Meara, the dean of Notre Dame's Law School and longtime activist in the
American Civil Liberties Union, said he felt that King and one of King's
friends, former Black Panther Stokely Carmichael, "weep only for the
enemy."
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- O'Meara said that he was "persuaded the objectors
are either Communists, or traitors, or cowards."
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- Patriotic organizations across the U.S. became upset
with King, especially after he began making up lies about the Vietnam War
in an effort to cause problems here at home. For instance, King said that
the Vietnam War was similar to the Nazis trying out "new medicine
and new tortures in the concentration camps of Europe." Because of
his outlandish comments, Malcolm Tarlov, the National Commander of the
Jewish War Veterans, said King's speech was "an ignorance of facts,
pandering to Ho Chi Minh, an insult to the intelligence of all Americans."
Tarlov continued: "It is indeed sad that so respected a national leader
should have voiced his dissent so irresponsibly. His speech could have
been written in Vietnam."
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- The FBI documents about King were eventually sealed,
and the general public was denied access to these documents...documents
which should be made available to the public under the Freedom of Information
Act. The elitist U.S. District Judge John Lewis Smith, Jr., ordered all
the FBI documents about King sealed for fifty years, beginning in 1977.
It appears he felt citizens should not be allowed to know the truth about
King.
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- Many people in government were bothered by King's activities.
When former President Truman was admonished for criticizing King, he was
told that King had received the Nobel Peace Prize. In response to this,
Truman said, "Well, I didn't give it to him." J. Edgar Hoover,
director of the FBI, said that King was "the most notorious liar in
the country."
All of this is just a small part of the scandals in which King was involved.
He defied the law. He sought to implement preferential treatment law and
legislation. He was affiliated with numerous subversives and black power
advocates. He instigated riots. However, no one dares criticize him. Perhaps
it is because, as a black, King somehow obtains politically correct immunity
status. Whatever the reasoning, King should not have a holiday named after
him. And the time has come to put an end to it.
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- Comment
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cdj@surfbest.net
1-21-2
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- Jeff, I found the arguments put forth in the MLK, Jr.
article to be weak and unsupported. Even where evidence was provided, I
thought his conclusions were unjustified. What is "hidden" about
Martin Luther King is destined to remain so, because the author provides
few references for us to consult and little evidence for his sweeping assertions.
This unknown author paints--though not in very convincing terms--an unfair
portrait of King.
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- Based on what I have read about the man, he truly believed
in nonviolent resistance as a means of effecting positive change, and he
felt that the riots that sometimes besmirched his marches hurt his cause
greatly. I know that King admired Gandhi and emulated his methods, and
I think he has much more in common with Gandhi than he does with the communists
by whom he is said to have been supported. King advised his activist-followers
to remain calm and always refrain from retaliation.
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- As for his academic interests, I have read that King
was interested in philosophy, especially personal psychology--and from
an early age he was searching for a moral basis for his actions. I also
do not fault people who break laws they believe to be unjust.
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- References: Flip Schulke, King Remembered; William Robert
Miller, Martin Luther King, Jr.: His Life, Martyrdom, and Meaning for the
World; Stephen Oates, Let the Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther
King, Jr.
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- (Note - We salute Mr. Perry for his eloquence and for
addressing the posted article in a constructive and enlightened fashion.
He realizes why controversial articles are published here and has fully-embraced
the opportunity to refute things which he finds unacceptable. That is
what the free flow of information is all about. - ed)
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- From James Perry
muslim_1895@hotmail.com
1-22-2
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- You know, it is articles like these which reinforce my
personal beliefs why our country is under the gun today and may soon become
a police state. Our racial intolerance has a lot to do why we now find
ourselves in this desperate fight to maintain our constitutional rights
and innate personal freedoms preordain by our creator.
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- Open history speaks for itself. Yes, America has changed
drastically since 1861. For sure the changes that have occurred between
1954 and 1974 has been for the betterment not only for black people but
for white people too. It is a blessing now to see and know that the laws
of the land will not support the public display of racial segregation and
racial hatred once portrayed in American government and society.
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- But we know what has occurred in America when it comes
to the so-called black man during the past 400 years. Trying to destroy
the legacy of one black man will not change these facts. No black man in
his right mind yesterday or today loved slavery or his past oppressors.
So it should not be difficult to believe that any black activist may have
some built up apprehensions and maybe even some hate towards the past white
supremacists government here in America. To even begin to think otherwise
would not only be ignorant but also be indicative of a person in self-denial
of his own hidden racial intolerance.
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- Martin Luther King was no angel. I find no evidence in
the laws of nature that suggest nor implies that for a black men to be
acceptable as a qualified leader for black people or for America in general
that he has to walk on water like Jesus. This is one of the lingering problems
still facing people of European background here in America. The notion
that "they" have to validate a black man in order for him to
be accepted as a bona fide leader for black people our country. I will
not venture into this topic but white people need begin to ask themselves
some very serious questions concerning their own feelings on this subject
matter before they speak so quickly.
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- King was a man like all other man. Like all other so-called
leaders in American history he ate food and he drank liquids to sustain
himself. He was no angel. Nor did he suggest otherwise. All great men and
leaders of America's history have demonstrated some human frailty. Truth
is if you look hard enough you can find dirt on almost anybody. You don't
have to be a leader to have some bones in the closet. The person who wrote
the article on King I'm sure has some dirt on him. But consider this point:
if a man's overall good morales and deeds outweighs his human fragilities
then we as rational and morale people should at least recognize the individual's
worth to himself and to society in general. What is important is what benefits
this society has reaped from the individuals activity not his human shortcomings.
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- The cause for freedom, justice and equality for all people
is of great nobility. King was surely not the first man in America to echo
this position. Not even the first black man for that matter. He may or
may not have plagiarized some of his work and parts of his speeches. Independent
studies performed by those who are concerned need to be pursued in order
to due Martin King justice on this issue. Just because you hear about something
on the news, or in the paper, or on the internet does not necessarily give
the sources credibility. As a R&D scientist I find much B*%?!%*&
in the mainstream media and for sure on the net. Though I have to say that
this site is perhaps one of the most reliable sources of information I
have come upon to date(this is not to suggest that every article on the
site is credible).
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- I find it so incredibly interesting that every year someone
waits until January 15 to do a snow job on Martin King. This is so easy
to do because he is not here to defend himself. Yet many of these same
people will never be the first to jump out front for "their cause"
and take a bullet. There seems to always be those individuals who beckons
"you" to jump out front but themselves stand behind protective
doors and write articles and quotes about what everyone else should be
doing or what they should not have done.
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- Well, I have learned never to listen to, or trust, hidden
voices without thorough investigations. In most cases, you will find that
these voices are nothing more than "lackeys" for the same establishment
that we as "freedom fighters" are warring against in this age
of information, misinformation, and disinformation. They would like nothing
more than to continue the disunity among the mentally enslaved masses.
For it does not matter to the establishment whether the masses are black
or white. The secret establishments goal encompasses all people. Our only
salvation is in our united numbers. It is only this way that we shall be
able to maintain their freedom.
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- James Perry
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