Joseph Joseph says that, over time, each man became the other's "alter ego." Malcolm X, he says, "injects a political radicalism on the national scene that absolutely makes Dr. King and his ...

For if King and Malcolm X were not on opposite sides of the political fence as is popularly remembered, what new insights and possibilities does that offer for contemporary America to navigate a ...

King’s political activism during 1963 reimagined American democracy on both an intimate and expansive scale, introducing a new lexicon for citizenship. He turned political debates over racial ...

Editor’s Note: Peniel Joseph is the Barbara Jordan ... we – especially our elected officials and political leaders – only remember the parts of King that align with what we choose to ...