How does the king conclude this claim

King's most famous words are the crux of the disagreement.

"He was against all policies based on race," says Peter Schramm, a conservative historian. "The basis of his attack on segregation was 'judge us by the content of our character, not by the color of our skin.' That's a profound moral argument."

Taylor Branch, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of a trilogy on King, says some conservatives are invoking a phantom version of King to avoid dealing with contemporary racial issues.

"They want to claim they understand Dr. King better than Dr. King did," says Branch, author of "Parting the Waters."

King concludes this claim by encouraging white leaders to allow nonviolent protests. He says that it is better for white leaders to allow black people to channel their dissatisfaction through nonviolent protests, then through violent riots.