A chronology of the discovery of King's plagiarism

Most of this information comes from articles collected in Theodore Pappas' book The Martin Luther King Jr. Plagiarism Story (Rockford Institute, Rockford, IL, 1994). I am grateful to the Institute for providing a copy of this out-of-print work.

1984

1986

1986

Late 1987

October 1989

December 3, 1989

Major American newspapers totally ignore the article.

January 22, 1990

March 1 1990

'early 1990'

Spring 1990

June 1990

September 1990

October 5 1990

Fall 1990

November 9, 1990

November 10 1990

January 1991

January 1991

September 1991