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Martin Luther King Jr.'s relationships with women in the Civil Rights Movement, including their roles and contributions
Coretta Scott King did publicly respond to rumors about Martin Luther King Jr.’s alleged infidelities, generally downplaying them and expressing faith in her marriage even when FBI surveillance materi...
Allegations about Martin Luther King Jr.’s personal relationships are scarcely prominent in the mainstream historical record of the 1950s–60s presented by the sources provided; the dominant strains th...
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 ...
Between 1963 and 1965 Martin Luther King Jr.’s documented public responses to Malcolm X ranged from sharp critique of his endorsement of violence to restrained personal respect and even gestures of co...