Martin Luther King Jr., Homosexuality, and the Early Gay Rights Movement

1. Introduction
Michael G. Long

Part I. Kings in Conflict

2. “It’s Consistent with His Philosophy”
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3. “He Did Not Take a Bullet for Same-Sex Unions”
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Part II. King in Context

4. “Your Problem Is Not at All an Uncommon One”
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5. “I Am Fundamentally a Clergyman”
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6. “He Praised Him for His Ability and Contacts”
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Part III. Civil Rights and Gay Rights

7. From Black to Gay
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8. From King to Kameny—and Coretta
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9. Postscript
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10. Afterword
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Keywords: History, Historiography and Method, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Gender Studies, US History, Modern History, Social Policy