Posted on May 16, 2023
New biography of Martin Luther King Jr. undercuts a widely cited quote about Malcolm X
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It's a biting piece of criticism aimed at Malcolm X that for decades was attributed to Martin Luther King Jr. But a new biography of King suggests history books about these two men may need to be rewritten — because King never actually said the words.
King never said he felt "Malcolm has done himself and our people a great disservice," author Jonathan Eig told NPR, despite that famous quote appearing in a 1965 interview with Alex Haley, for Playboy magazine.
"This is really important," Eig said, "because we've been teaching kids this quote from the Playboy interview."
It's a biting piece of criticism aimed at Malcolm X that for decades was attributed to Martin Luther King Jr. But a new biography of King suggests history books about these two men may need to be rewritten — because King never actually said the words.
King never said he felt "Malcolm has done himself and our people a great disservice," author Jonathan Eig told NPR, despite that famous quote appearing in a 1965 interview with Alex Haley, for Playboy magazine.
"This is really important," Eig said, "because we've been teaching kids this quote from the Playboy interview."
New biography of Martin Luther King Jr. undercuts a widely cited quote about Malcolm X
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From what I read of Dr King it is totally plausible to me that he would have had the opinion that violence was a futile effort but that he himself (Dr King) didn't have all the answers either. He was IMHO a very humble man who was ahead of his time, such a shame we lost him when we did.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"Martin Luther King Jr. never said he thought Malcolm X "has done himself and our people a great disservice," a biographer says. The two civil rights leaders with opposing views on nonviolence met only once, in March of 1964. It's a biting piece of criticism aimed at Malcolm X that for decades was attributed to Martin Luther King Jr."
"Martin Luther King Jr. never said he thought Malcolm X "has done himself and our people a great disservice," a biographer says. The two civil rights leaders with opposing views on nonviolence met only once, in March of 1964. It's a biting piece of criticism aimed at Malcolm X that for decades was attributed to Martin Luther King Jr."
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