He was not a Republican.
His niece, Alveda, who is a conservative, admitted that she was wrong about that.
His own words and actions are on record, and they prove he was a liberal radical and a Communist sympathizer, if not an outright Communist.
“Moral values?” He was a serial adulterer, he enjoyed participating in orgies, and he beat women! Good Lord, why have conservatives swallowed the Kool-Aid about this man?
During that era most blacks were Republicans. Did you not know this?
As I said I am not a big MLK fan as he was a flawed creature but he did preach a non violent approach to civil rights. I give the guy credit for using the smartest approach to achieving racial equality.
At that time in the South where I am from and grew up Blacks could not drink out of the white fountains, use the white public bathrooms, eat in a restaurant or sit in the front of the bus. In the movie theatre they were relegated to the balcony and they were not allowed to live in white neighborhoods or attend white churches or schools. The only Blacks I ever knew until after I graduated college were my Mom’s maid and my Aunt’s maid.
I lived this period and I was witness on a daily basis to it. I was a kid so I just thought it was the way things were supposed to be. I now realize it was wrong and I would not want to go back to that way of life. But the Democrats were the party that instigated and upheld that way of life. No Black person in their right mind would have registered and voted Democrat.