Jan 19, 2026
Most ViewedMLK promiscuous
The available reporting shows multiple sources alleging that Martin Luther King Jr. engaged in extramarital sexual relationships, with much of the documentary “evidence” coming from FBI wiretaps and r...
Ralph Abernathy
American civil rights activist and minister (1926–1990)
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4 resultsJan 19, 2026
Most Viewedkings extra matital affIRS
New reporting and declassified files document that Martin Luther King Jr. engaged in extramarital sexual relationships and that the FBI collected and publicized material about those relationships as p...
Jan 21, 2026
What exactly did Ralph Abernathy claim about Martin Luther King Jr. in And the Walls Came Tumbling Down?
1989 autobiography alleges that engaged in extramarital sexual activity on the night of April 3–4, 1968, the night before his assassination—specifically that King spent parts of that night alone with ...
Jan 20, 2026
How did Martin Luther King Jr's family respond to Ralph Abernathy's revelations?
Ralph Abernathy’s 1989 memoir, And the Walls Came Tumbling Down, which detailed Martin Luther King Jr.’s alleged extramarital affairs, provoked sharp public condemnation from civil‑rights leaders and ...