The Domestication of Martin Luther King Jr. : Clarence B. Jones, right-wing conservatism, and the manipulation of the King legacy / edited by Lewis V. Baldwin and Rufus Burrow Jr. ; foreword by Adam Fairclough.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Distorted characterizations : images of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the conservative mind / Lewis V. Baldwin -- Who is Clarence B. Jones's Martin Luther King Jr. : an audacious prophet or right-wing conservative? / Lewis V. Baldwin -- Leading in challenging times: Martin Luther King Jr., Ruby Hurley, and the meaning of Black leadership / Rosetta E. Ross and Shirley T. Geiger -- Looking for Martin : Black leadership in an era of contested postracism and postblackness / Water E. Fluker -- Drum major for justice or dilettante of dishonesty : Martin Luther King Jr., moral capital, and hypocrisy of embodied messianic myths / Cheryl Kirk-Duggan -- Ruminating about Martin Luther King Jr. and sex / Rufus Burrow Jr. -- Gay rights and the misuse of Martin / Traci C. West -- What's race got to do with it? : Anti-Semitism, affirmative action, and illegal information / Lewis V. Baldwin -- Nonviolence and a moral universe : what Martin might say about war and terrorism / Rufus Burrow Jr. -- What Martin might say about intracommunity violence and homicide among young African American males : an extreme emergency / Rufus Burrow Jr. -- Transforming death : life's ultimate tragedy and hope for the dawn / Michael G. Long -- A prophet with honor? : The Martin Luther King J. Holiday and the making of a national icon / George R. Seay Jr.

Essays challenge and contradict the revisionist use of King for conservative and right-wing purposes.