What was MLK Jr's view on gay rights?

Martin Luther King Jr. was writing an advice column in 1958 for Ebony magazine when he received an unusual letter. ... read more

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. once answered a question from a boy who was struggling to cope with his sexuality. The rights hero openly discussed homosexuality while writing an advice column for Ebony Magazine in 1958 – while the government was still openly discriminating against LGBT people. read more

Although questions over what King's stance on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community would have been have long divided his family and followers, Coretta Scott King was an outspoken LGBT rights advocate before her death in 2006. read more