Accounts of Martin Luther King’s misconduct are loosely supported

When a Pulitzer prizewinning biographer produces evidence that one of the most admired men in history colluded in and even applauded a rape, it’s to be expected that the story will land on the front page of a major mainstream newspaper and create an international firestorm.

The strange thing is that when Professor David Garrow wrote a “big read” accusing Martin Luther King of what would today be called “sexual misconduct”, neither happened.