Did Martin Luther King deserve his PhD?

I'm assuming that you're asking this question based on the part of Dr. King's Wikipedia biography that talks about how parts of his dissertation were "plagiarized. read more

If so, you already know that despite those findings, that academic review committee also unanimously decided not to revoke Dr. King's PhD and that even redacting the improperly cited material his dissertation still made a demonstrable contribution to his field. read more

Carson et al., ‘‘Martin Luther King, Jr., as Scholar: A Reexamination of His Theological Writings,’’ Journal of American History 78 (June 1991): 93–105. Davis to King, 7 December 1953, in Papers 2: 225–226. DeWolf, First Reader’s Report, 26 February 1955, in Papers 2: 333–334. Introduction, in Papers 1: 49–50. read more