https://scheerpost.com/2021/01/18/there-was-nothing-corporate-friendly-about-martin-luther-king-jr/
Yes I've seen corporations do exactly what's described here -> ''use his name as a bulwark against the collective action of poor and dispossessed people,
propping themselves up instead. Today, with carefully excerpted texts
like “everyone can be great, because everyone can serve” as proof,
King’s words are all too often manipulated to sanctify a truly
superficial response to the burning crises of systemic racism, poverty,
homelessness, hunger, and so much more. Yet even a cursory glance at the
historical record should remind us all that King represented an
incendiary reality in terms of the America of his time (and, sadly, of
ours, too) and that there was nothing corporate-friendly about his
image."
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