Malcolm X And Martin Luther King Jr Met 50 Years Ago New York

Malcolm X And Martin Luther King Jr Met 50 Years Ago New York Malcolm x and martin luther king jr. met 50 years ago. by autodidact 17 april 3, 2014. although records indicate that two of the most influential black u.s. leaders of our time had been aware of. 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.

Martin Luther King Jr And Malcolm X The Only Time They Met Getty images. 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. The rev. martin luther king jr. and malcolm x meet at the u.s. senate on march 26, 1964, after a hearing on the 1964 civil rights act. <br > ( the library of congress.) by deneen l. brown january. Martin luther king, jr. and malcolm x had both emerged as leaders of the civil rights movement by 1964. however, they viewed the challenges faced by black americans in the 1960s in different ways, and each prescribed different solutions to cure america’s racial ills. king, a baptist minister, encouraged black americans to utilize non violence. When martin luther king, jr., moved to boston in 1951 to study for his graduate degree in philosophy, malcolm x was already there voraciously reading books. malcolm x, though, read from the charlestown state prison as he finished his six year sentence for burglary. together, malcolm x and martin luther king spent about 15 years in boston.