The Yin-Yang of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. (Public Lecture by Karen Ferguson)

SFU History

Our historical memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X most often sets them in opposition --racial integrationism vs. separatism, pacifism vs. violence, "good" vs. "bad" black leader (or vice versa). But what happens if we move beyond this dualism and examine these African American icons to