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David J. Garrow's research methodology

David J. Garrow's use of FBI memos and handwritten notes to support allegations against Martin Luther King Jr.

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Jan 19, 2026
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How have historians evaluated David Garrow’s use of FBI surveillance material in his MLK research?

David Garrow’s excavation of declassified FBI surveillance files on Martin Luther King Jr. reignited a split among historians: some praise his detailed documentary mining of Bureau records and previou...

Jan 19, 2026

How have King’s alleged affairs been treated differently in major biographies (e.g., David Garrow, Taylor Branch, and recent works by David J. Garrow and Taylor Branch)?

David Garrow’s recent excavations of FBI files foreground explicit allegations of dozens of extramarital encounters and an especially explosive charge about King’s presence at a 1964 sexual assault, p...