Jan 19, 2021 · On March 26, 1964, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. met for the first and only time in Washington, D.C. Less than a year later, Malcolm was dead, the victim of an assassin’s bullet,...

Aug 12, 2020 · Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are frequently seen as opposing forces in the struggle for civil rights but Peniel Joseph, author of The Sword and the Shield, says the truth is more...

May 20, 2021 · Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are two of the most iconic figures of the 20th century and of the civil rights movement. And they were more alike than many may have thought.

As the nation’s most visible proponent of Black Nationalism, Malcolm X’s challenge to the multiracial, nonviolent approach of Martin Luther King, Jr., helped set the tone for the ideological and tactical conflicts that took place within the black freedom struggle of the 1960s.

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X never collaborated, and their protest strategies seemed completely opposed. However, two brief, unplanned meetings between Malcolm and the Kings suggested that Malcolm, in the year before he was assassinated, wanted to support King’s efforts.

Jan 25, 2024 · Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X are two of the most famous civil rights leaders in America. And yet, they only met once. The photo seen below of the duo— King at left, Malcolm X at right—was...

Dec 30, 2020 · Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. are two of the most iconic figures of the 1960s American civil rights movement. But they only met each other once — briefly, and almost by accident — in 1964. Their sometimes opposing viewpoints may have kept these two giants of the civil rights movement from meeting more often.