Peniel E. Joseph on Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
About the Event:
Popular accounts of the 1960s-era civil rights movement are often reduced to the story of two extraordinary visionaries: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. In his book The Sword and the Shield Peniel E. Joseph argues that by focusing on their differing doctrines of self-defense versus nonviolence, we’ve been blind to the scope of their shared activism and communion. Join Joseph and Jonathan Eig, author of a forthcoming biography on King, for a conversation about how the legacies of these civil rights leaders informs the current struggle for racial justice.
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This week's programs presented with the support of Southwest Airlines.
About the Book:
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[Event tile description: The event tile in the upper left corner of the event web page is a black and white photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. (left) and Malcolm X (right) in conversation with each other. The image was taken when both men were in Washington, D.C. to hear the Senate debate on the Civil Rights Act of 1964. King is mid-speech looking at Malcolm, who is looking down at the ground and smiling slightly. King wears a suit and Malcolm wears a trench coat. Close behind them is a group of men listening to their conversation. Image credit: Wikimedia Commons.]
