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==Education==

==Education==

King was educated at [[Boston University]], where he earned his advanced degree in theology. Years later, a committee of scholars appointed by the university concluded that some passages in his PhD dissertation had been plagiarized,<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/11/us/boston-u-panel-finds-plagiarism-by-dr-king.html Boston U. Panel Finds Plagiarism by Dr. King] but perhaps not deliberately.  

King was educated at [[Boston University]], where he earned his advanced degree in theology. Years later, a committee of scholars appointed by the university concluded that some passages in his PhD dissertation had been plagiarized,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/11/us/boston-u-panel-finds-plagiarism-by-dr-king.html Boston U. Panel Finds Plagiarism by Dr. King] but perhaps not deliberately.  

- October 11, 1991</ref>

- October 11, 1991</ref>

A book about the [[plagiarism]] was published by Pappas.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Martin-Luther-King-Plagiarism-Story/dp/0961936452 The Martin Luther King Plagiarism Story</ref>

A book about the [[plagiarism]] was published by Pappas.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Martin-Luther-King-Plagiarism-Story/dp/0961936452 The Martin Luther King Plagiarism Story</ref>

Time and time again, liberals claim that MLK was a [[Democrat]]. Liberals point to the people he associated with or that he opposed [[Barry Goldwater]] as proof that MLK was a Democrat. There is considerable evidence that he was not a Democrat. Martin Luther King Sr. was a [[Republican]], that would almost certainly make his son a Republican. Only after his son was arrested did King Sr. plead to [[President Kennedy]] for his safe release. It is noted at that point MLK Sr. switched parties to support Kennedy. This despite Kennedy voting against the 1957 [[Civil Rights Act]] and being initially opposed to the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. King. The March on Washington was organized by A. Phillip Randolph, who was a black Republican. In addition, [[Robert Kennedy]] allowed the [[FBI]] to wiretap MLK Jr's phone on a trial basis due to suspicion that Dr. King's associates were [[Communist]]; this was later expanded during Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency; which undermined King.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16500 Why Martin Luther King Was Republican, Human Events, August 16, 2006]</ref><ref>Herst, Burton (2007). ''Bobby and J. Edger''. pp. 372–74</ref>

Time and time again, liberals claim that MLK was a [[Democrat]]. Liberals point to the people he associated with or that he opposed [[Barry Goldwater]] as proof that MLK was a Democrat. There is considerable evidence that he was not a Democrat. Martin Luther King Sr. was a [[Republican]], that would almost certainly make his son a Republican. Only after his son was arrested did King Sr. plead to [[President Kennedy]] for his safe release. It is noted at that point MLK Sr. switched parties to support Kennedy. This despite Kennedy voting against the 1957 [[Civil Rights Act]] and being initially opposed to the 1963 March on Washington by Dr. King. The March on Washington was organized by A. Phillip Randolph, who was a black Republican. In addition, [[Robert Kennedy]] allowed the [[FBI]] to wiretap MLK Jr's phone on a trial basis due to suspicion that Dr. King's associates were [[Communist]]; this was later expanded during Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency; which undermined King.<ref>[http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=16500 Why Martin Luther King Was Republican, Human Events, August 16, 2006]</ref><ref>Herst, Burton (2007). ''Bobby and J. Edger''. pp. 372–74</ref>

It was the Republicans who led the way to free the slaves nearly one-hundred years earlier, that fact was not lost on his generation. Frances Rice, chairman of the National Black Republican Association said, [he] "absolutely was a Republican," and "We were all Republicans in those days. The Democrats were training fire hoses on us, siccing dogs on us."<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/18/AR2006101801754.html Controversial Ad Links MLK, GOP, Washington Post, October 19, 2006]</ref>  In the 1960s, King would have witnessed the Democrat parties position on pro-[[segregation]], against the Civil Rights Act. King was most likely aware of high-profile Democrats such as [[Al Gore]] Sr. and [[Robert Byrd]] voting against repealing segregation. Southern Democrats rallied around [[Jim Crow]] laws and Black Codes which were targeted against King's message. [[Dixiecrat]]s blocked the social and political progress of black Southerners for decades. Was King unaware? Doubtful. It was Republican [[President Eisenhower]] who began the push for integrating all white schools and the desegregation of the military. To think King was a witness to all the upheaval Democrats caused and then became a champion of Democrats is a stretch.

It was the Republicans who led the way to free the slaves nearly one-hundred years earlier, that fact was not lost on his generation. Frances Rice, chairman of the National Black Republican Association said, [he] "absolutely was a Republican," and "We were all Republicans in those days. The Democrats were training fire hoses on us, siccing dogs on us."<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/18/AR2006101801754.html Controversial Ad Links MLK, GOP, Washington Post, October 19, 2006]</ref>  In the 1960s, King would have witnessed the Democrat parties position on pro-[[segregation]], against the Civil Rights Act. King was most likely aware of high-profile Democrats such as [[Al Gore]] Sr. and [[Robert Byrd]] voting against repealing segregation. Southern Democrats rallied around [[Jim Crow]] laws and Black Codes which were targeted against King's message. [[Dixiecrat]]s blocked the social and political progress of black Southerners for decades. Was King unaware? Doubtful. It was Republican [[President Eisenhower]] who began the push for integrating all white schools and the desegregation of the military. To think King was a witness to all the upheaval Democrats caused and then became a champion of Democrats is a stretch.

== Assassination ==

== Assassination ==

The monument to Dr. Martin Luther King is not only the first to a black man on the Mall and its adjoining parks, but also the first to honor a person who was not a president. His stone figure faces the [[Jefferson Memorial]] across the water. Lincoln is at his back, and Roosevelt to his right.  

The monument to Dr. Martin Luther King is not only the first to a black man on the Mall and its adjoining parks, but also the first to honor a person who was not a president. His stone figure faces the [[Jefferson Memorial]] across the water. Lincoln is at his back, and Roosevelt to his right.  

[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/us/memorial-of-martin-luther-king-jr-dedicated-in-washington.html?_r=1&hp]

[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/us/memorial-of-martin-luther-king-jr-dedicated-in-washington.html?_r=1&hp]

The monument was built in China. The inaccurate MLK Jr. attributed inscription on the monument was removed in August 2013. In addition, MLK Jr's likeness, one of folded arms in resistance, does not accurately portray the man.

The monument was built in China. The inaccurate MLK Jr. attributed inscription on the monument was removed in August 2013. In addition, MLK Jr's likeness, one of folded arms in resistance, does not accurately portray the man.

== Quotes ==

== Quotes ==

* "We know from painful experience that [[freedom]] is never voluntarily given by the oppressor. It must be demanded by the oppressed." <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=5wrCR_9VWowC&pg=PA346&dq=Freedom+is+never+voluntarily+given+by+the+oppressor%3B+it+must+be+demanded+by+the+oppressed&ei=_NxUSv-XJ6S4yQTg3ZGyBw  God's new Israel: religious interpretations of American destiny‎ - Page 346] by Conrad Cherry</ref>

* "We know from painful experience that [[freedom]] is never voluntarily given by the oppressor. It must be demanded by the oppressed." <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=5wrCR_9VWowC&pg=PA346&dq=Freedom+is+never+voluntarily+given+by+the+oppressor%3B+it+must+be+demanded+by+the+oppressed&ei=_NxUSv-XJ6S4yQTg3ZGyBw  God's new Israel: religious interpretations of American destiny‎ - Page 346] by Conrad Cherry</ref>

* "Judge people by the content of their character not the color of their skin."

* "Judge people by the content of their character not the color of their skin."