He was a commie and over 50% of his PhD thesis was plagiarized.
Why did the University system let him get away with it..?
Because they were all Fellow Travelers, they were all on the same team.
The white man closest to him his whole life was one of the top commies in the CPUSA and wrote most of his speeches.
Shielding the Saint-—
King began plagiarizing as a young man and continued to do so throughout his career and material was often lifted verbatim from published sources.
“King’s plagiarisms are easy to detect because their style rises above the level of his pedestrian student prose. In general, if the sentences are eloquent, witty, insightful, or pithy, or contain allusions, analogies, metaphors, or similes, it is safe to assume that the section has been purloined.”
...one paper King wrote, 20 out of a total of 24 paragraphs show “verbatim theft.”
https://www.amren.com/news/2018/01/martin-luther-king-jr-plagiarism/
The first sermon he ever preached at Ebeneezer Church was poached in its entirety.
Who cheats their way through Seminary School?