Here is one of my three or four published defenses of Dr. King, or more specifically, as Richard Lischer describes him, the "Preacher King." And even more to the point, I prefer the Philosopher King, the Boston Personalist (Methodist-influenced) thinker. He does not need my affirmation, and I am from a different theological and religious tradition, but I share some common ground with him.
http://books.google.com/books?id=YiU_sieYR6YC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=%22lee+cheek%22+%22james+cone%22&source=bl&ots=zA67PzncPO&sig=QD5qUgKfEwBFIZVrpB1jvxix31s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=E8bdUoyCLZSvsAT7toA4&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22lee%20cheek%22%20%22james%20cone%22&f=false
