Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. plagiarized his doctoral dissertation!q
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an incredible person who did more to advance the human race than most of us can ever hope to do. However, evidence shows that he plagiarized his doctoral dissertation.
Martin Luther King’s alma mater, Boston University, admits that his doctoral thesis was significantly plagiarized. Despite clear findings of plagiarism, the committee did not recommend he be posthumously stripped of his title.
By the time they found this plagiarism, Martin Luther King was already dead, and the committee ruled that revoking the title would serve no purpose.