Friday, December 6, 2019

DR. KING'S INCOME TAX VICTORY

Dr. King was acquitted of tax evasion under an Alabama statute in 1960 for the years 1956 and 1958. Judge, jury, prosecutors were all white. Only King as his lawyers were the only blacks. This income tax may have been his most significant civil rights victory. Its occurrence carries great historical resonance today in 2019.