Was MLK "African and Irish"? At Beck's Lincoln Mem. Rally, that's what

[ProgressiveEconomist]

I just heard his niece "Pro-Life Freedom Rider" Alveda King say.

Did anyone else hear this? I was watching C-SPAN at about the one-hour mark.

Is it true?

[KingFlorez]

1. I've never heard that

It could be true, but I don't see what her point was in bringing that up.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

2. I guess that's how your mind works when you are paid by "Priests for Life"

to be "Director of African=American Outreach"--your family must be Irish-American Catholic too.

[arcane1]

3. Giving him some white cred, I presume