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We forget that he said america had basically bounce the check that it had promised a black americans, then he hinted that reparations was the only way forward. that clip that you just play, where he was talking about, seems to be speaking about the vietnam war. he s really talking about an immortal rock at the core of american society that goes beyond the war on vietnam and infiltrates everything, it makes us impossible to become a moral country. to think about how we treat the poor, about how we treat all of the dawn trodden when we are obsessed with militarism, and materialism. and i think that those messages would be just as strong today if he were here to deliver them. one of the most challenging things about mlk from my perspective is that he has been both mythologized, so people are afraid to sort of do even fictional depictions of him. but he s also been flagged. martin luther king and malcolm x were turned into these characters, one was the inspiration for professor x. i want ....
As most of the public had been led to believe am. what was the origin of the supposed criticism of malical x, and how did we find out that criticism wasn t as aggressive as it was? the news media and the government really try to divide and conquer activists, civil rights leader so they put a lot of effort into setting up rivalries and exteuating them. and that quote was entirely made up as i discovered for my book when i looked for the original transcript for that interview, it was the longest journalist who was writing in this case for playboy magazine. when i got the transcript of the interview, i found the quote was never in there at all. king said something similar about the nation of islam, but when asked about malcolm x, he ....
was king radical? yes. was he pragmatic? heck yes. was he bold? yes. these are still questions being asked and debated today even though the answers are pretty obvious. and there s still new evidence emerging each side can cling to. many thought king had called malcolm x a quote fiery but that was fabricated and king never said it. he just finished publishing king, a life a first major new biography of mld in the deck cades. thank you for joining us tonight. i ll start with this. this was a bombshell. this came out at the time of your book that king was not nearly as critical of malcolm x ....
Out police brutality, he said america had bounced the check that had it promised to black americans, that he hinted that reparations was the only way forward. in that clip you just played, where he s talking about seems to be speaking about the vietnam war, he s really talking about a moral rot at the core of american society that goes beyond the war on vietnam and infiltrates everything. it makes it impossible to become a moral country, to think better about how we treat the poor, about how we treat all of the downtrodden when we re obsessed with militarism and materialism, and those messages would be just as strong today if he were here to deliver them. one of the most challenging things about mlk from my perspective is he s been both mythologized, so people are afraid to do even fictional depictions of him, and also flat. martin luther king and malcolm x were sort of turned into these characters. one was the inspiration for professor x. ....
Expressed open mindedness. he said i don t believe i have all the answers. i m not so vain to think i m the only one with solutions. when i don t agree when malcolm calls for violence, i feel like there s common ground. and i think they were moving toward each other more and more in the last years of their lives. but that s something that a lot of people wanted to make sure didn t happen. you know, last week, last friday would have been 98th, i believe the 98th birthday of malcolm x. it was interesting to have this new way of looking at these two men who were so seminole to our understanding of justice and freedom and fighting against oppression in the united states. you mentioned that they got closer as they were sort of nearing the end of their careers. martin luther king and malcolm x only met one time. this picture is the only time these two met. how did they idealogically become closer as their careers progressed? malcolm x began to show more ....