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Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, March 26, 1964 – the only (momentary) meeting the two ever had The Meeting is a 1987 American play by Jeff Stetson about an imaginary meeting between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X in 1965 in a hotel in Harlem during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Marvel Comics writer Chris Claremont confirmed that Malcolm X was an inspiration for the X-Men character Magneto, while Martin Luther King was an inspiration for Professor X. [ 335 ] [ 336 ] [ 337 ] Malcolm X also inspired the character Erik Killmonger in the film Black Panther .
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X waiting for a press conference, on March 26, 1964. Marion S. Trikosko—Universal History Archive/Getty Images
Narrated by actor Samuel L. Jackson, the film explores the history of racism in the United States through Baldwin's recollections of civil rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as his personal observations of American history. [4]
For many Black Americans, the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are inextricably linked. Yet the two men’s only documented meeting, on March 26, 1964, was an unintentional one.
Revered civil rights movement leaders Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (played by Kelvin Harrison Jr.) and Malcolm X (Aaron Pierre) come together in the full trailer for Genius: MLK/X, which was ...
Malcolm X, an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement, was shot multiple times and died from his wounds in Manhattan, New York City, on February 21, 1965, at the age of 39 while preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in the neighborhood of Washington Heights.
Malcolm X is often portrayed as a controversial figure in contrast to leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who preached nonviolence, but Garrow said he also began speaking about racial unity ...