Martin Luther King, Jr., homosexuality, and the early gay rights movement: keeping the dream straight

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Keeping the Dream Straight?

I. Kings in Conflict

1. "Its Consistent with His Philosophy": Coretta Scott King's Advocacy for Gay Rights

2. "He Did Not Take a Bullet for Same-Sex Unions": Bernice King's March against Same-Sex Marriage

II. King in Context

3. "Your Problem Is Not at All an Uncommon One": King, Psychiatrists, and the Problem of Homosexuality

4. "I Am Fundamentally a Clergyman": King, Theologians, and the Sin of Homosexuality

5. "He Praised Him for His Ability and Contacts": Kings Relationship with Bayard Rustin

III. Civil Rights and Gay Rights

6. From Black to Gay: King's Concern about Discrimination against Gays

7. From King to Kameny-and Coretta: A Final Conclusion

Postscript: From King to Peter Gomes?

Afterword / Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Notes

Index