Martin Luther King, Jr. - Malcolm X's Lack of a Solution

Throughout much of his life, Dr. King was very critical of Malcolm X and his ideas. In this clip, he explains why he believes that Malcolm X does not provide a practical program to address the issue of race in America.

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[Meloman0001]

Near the end of MLKs life, he moved in the direction of Malcolm X's position, that is the position Malcolm had after his pilgrimage to Mecca. (thats why many believe he was assassinated).

And Malcolm moved in the direction of the Civil rights movement.

[mrholtshistory]

In fact, I have a grat clip of Malcolm X after his trip to Mecca in which he emphatically states that he is not a racist. The pilgrimage to Mecca must have been an incredibly transformative trip for Malcolm and one that is often forgotten by history books and Hollywood. (Spike Lee's film spends VERY little time examinining the post-pilgrimage Malcolm.)

[ABUNUASI]

A woman who once saved many slaves said" i would have been able to save more,if i could convince them they were slaves!" Malcolm X is the one Black leader who has been able to prove to many that we are not only Physically enslaved,but culturally as well as mentally.This realisation could have made the Blacks believe they could solve their own problems then believe in the Goverment.Malik Shabazz Malcolm X is the Greatest!

[TheEvilOyo]

malcolm X went back to preaching garveyism after returning from mecca. he was doing so on the day he was shot. He still felt the civil rights movement to be silly without economic strength.

[byanycost2]

@Raydaniels1 Black people standing up for themselves and being in control of their own communities isn't a realistic goal? The problems facing blacks today is what Malcolm was trying to get people to understand because we have intergration but that wasn't the solution to the race problem.

[Meloman0001]

@auitane I didn't say that he did. I said that he moved in the direction of condemning America for its heinous crimes perpetrated on Vietnamese, African-Americans, etc.

Im talking about Malcolm after he came back from his pilgrimage.

[auitane]

@Meloman0001 Martin Luther King never espoused anything close to Malcolm X's black nationalism or willingness to use violence. He believed in integration, not separation.

[Raydaniels1]

Martin is right. Malcolm X was a strong critic of the solutions offered by King and other civil rights leaders. Malcolm did'nt propose any realistic or reachable solutions to the race problem. His separatist philosophy was farfetched.

[Raydaniels1]

King is right. Malcolm X was a strong critic of possible solutions to the race problem but he never came up with a rational solution to the black man's racial injustices in America. Malcolm's separatist philosophy was a so called proposed solution of the nation of Islam. However, separatism was this unrealistic unreachable goal. It did'nt offer a real solution to any of the problems faced by blacks. At least with King's way of doing things there were changes in civil right's legislation.

[XByanymeans]

Malcolm wasn't a civil rights leader. He didn't fight for civil rights. He fought for human rights.

[thisisharlemknighttv]

Bulshit malcolm has the solution king had no solution.

[Meloman0001]

cool vids on ur channel. I added some videos on my channel, its Wyatt Tee Walker and James Farmer talking about Malcolm X. check it out if u like ;)