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HAP 97 - American Dream - Martin Luther King Jr.

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

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King Plagiarized a Lot in His Student Papers

In 19 90 it was revealed that King had plagiarized heavily from other sources in his comparative study of the theologians paltilich and henry nelson leeman. He relied on ghost writers for many of his publications once he became famous. The use of uncredited writing didn't stop with his student work. Ruston arrived in february of 19 56, and his gondian pacifism clearly influenced king from this point onward. His first experience of being thrown in jail, receiving threatening phone calls and various other forms of intimidation. Culminating in the bombing of his home.

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