I have wondered about that from time to time. Martin Luther King's writing and speeches seem quite reasonable in today's race obsessed culture. They seem to be a voice of reason.
Had he lived till today, would he have remained a voice of reason, or would he, like many of his associates, continue to "evolve" into a race hustler, ala Sharpton and Jessie Jackson?
How many modern black leaders are speaking as did Martin Luther King, versus how many are speaking like Jessie Jackson?
It’s a good question. Even for his time, MLK was a relatively principled leader. He actually wasn’t real popular in the black community in the last couple of years before his death, as a lot of the more radical blacks had moved into black power/nationalism, and then the more conservative ones thought he was operating outside of his lane with his opposition to the Vietnam War.
But he at least made an attempt to be consistent across the board, which doesn’t seem to be the case with any significant black leaders in the current era.