"The Secret Agony of Martin Luther King"

Time’s latest issue contains a large excerpt from the final book in Taylor Branch’s classic history of the Civil Right’s Movement. “At Canaan’s Edge” is due out this year.
“Assassination threats were constant, and King had always been haunted by premonitions of a premature death, but now they seemed to intensify.”
“By April 2, Hoover formally requested [...]

Exploiting Martin Luther King, Jr.

“King is no different from other towering historical figures, especially those that had the bad fortune to fall to an assassin’s bullet. The hypocrisy, mythmaking, embellishments and outright distortions quickly kick in. Everyone wants a piece of the fallen legend to puff up their importance and whatever social and political axe they seek to grind.”