Martin Luther King, Jr., was a product of the
southern black experience: son of a Baptist
preacher, graduate of Morehouse College, holder of a Ph.D. degree in systematic theology,
black preacher, prophet in word and deed — Martin Luther King, Jr., came on too strong for a nation that had from its very inception used so much of its energy in declaring
black people invisible, irrelevant, null and void.
In this case, it's Jose Prieto's 1967 Shanty Tramp, which sees a small - town
Southern prostitute have to decide between her lust for a
black man and her meal - ticket, the sleazy revival - tent
preacher who's just rolled into town.