Pappas' reasearch is very engaging. Yes King did steal his most famous essays and speechs and back his theory up with hard facts.

On reviewer on this cite insisted that King's doctoral thesis reads similar to Jack Boozer's but does not rise to plagiarism. As Pappas points out, when Boozer cites a quote from Tillich he mis-cites page 282 istead of page 252. An honest mistake. But King aslo cites page 282 rather than 252. Clearly the two did not mis-cite the quote by mere coincidence.

Pappas' only problem is that he does not use this book to break down King in whole. I'm still amazed that King and Jesus are the only two people honored with national holidays.

I too was brought up to admire King. However after researching his life I find nothing about it worth celebrating. In fact I find him as being the source of many of our race problems today. The book should have focused on debunking King in whole.

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The great thing about Theodore Pappas' account is its transparent fair-mindedness. Pappas is interested solely in the ramifications of intellectual corruption; he isn't an apparatchik at all. Thus, his scrupulously documented account of MLK's (and other late-twentieth-century demigods') mania for literary theft can't be accused of ideological axe-grinding. He sets out the facts in the most sober manner possible. Moreover, his style is clear, trenchant and unassuming all at once.

Theodore Pappas' book is a devastating look at the state of academia and "scholarship." The treatment of MLK, Jr's dissertation is especially troubling.