But I do think his dad was.
Not surprisingly.
After all, the republicans freed the slaves and his dad likely had some nasty memories of the democrats "keeping blacks down".
As is democrat custom.
According to Michael Medved you are correct - father was Republican but MLK was not.
Should be a bumper sticker. (See my tagline)
And even if the "Reverend Doctor" Martin Marxist Luther King did happen to have an R next to his name, so what? In its effort to a "Big Tent" party, a number of scoundrels and socialists were counted in its number from Bob La Follette, George Norris, Jacob Javits, John Lindsay to the RINOs of the current era such as Susan Collins (R-Maine).
In addition to my other post in this thread pointing out King's communist ties, do these words sound like those of a pro-American Patriot?
When a Hollywood performer, lacking distinction even as an actor, can become a leading war hawk candidate for the presidency, only the irrationalities induced by war psychosis can explain such a turn of events.
Guess who spoke those words in November 1967 and what "Hollywood performer" was the object of that vile attack?
Think about it. . .
George Wallace— Democrat,
William Fullbright— Democrat,
KKK — all Dixiecrat Democrats,
Strom Thurmond— Democrat,
Orvul Faubus— Democrat,
Lyndon Baines Johnson— Democrat,
Every one of them opposed to civil rights for blacks.
On the other side Dwight D. Eisenhower, desegregated the military, was pushing for the Civil Rights act of 1957 with the active support of the majority of the Republicans of both houses, but the opposition of the majority of the DEMOCRATS in the House and the Senate lead by Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Now, if you were a smart black American in the South in 1950s America, which party would YOU be a member of?