# Did MLK plagiarise his dissertation?

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**Created:** [October 14, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mlk-plagiarise-his-dissertation/557094 "2010-10-14T05:35:00Z")\
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As I said, King didn’t publish any academic papers. I don’t understand what relevance a charge of plagiarism on his thesis has to do with the quality of his speeches, which one could argue are just sermons, which regularly are full of standard quotations.

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