THE HELIOS BIBLIOS HOUR : MLK ULTRA AND THE X FACTOR !

On Malcolm X's vision of "by any means necessary" protest Malcolm X in the 1950s and '60s, the number of court appearances he's making, whether it's in Buffalo, N.Y., or Los Angeles or Rochester, N.Y., where members of the Nation of Islam have been brutalized [and], at times, killed by police violence.Black people have a right to defend themselves.On King's policy of non-violent protest v. self defense.One thing that's important to know is that when we think about nonviolence versus self-defense, it's very, very complex, because even though Martin Luther King Jr. is America's apostle and a follower of Gandhi and believes in nonviolence, there are always people around King who are trying to protect him and in demonstrations, who actually are armed (DEACON OF DEFENCE)On King's response to Malcolm X's argument against non-violent civil disobedience.One is that nonviolence is both a moral and political strategy. So the morality and the religious argument is that Black people could not succumb to enemy politics Malcolm is Black America's prosecuting attorney. He's prosecuting white America for a series of crimes against Black humanity Dr. King is Black America's defense attorney — but he's very interesting: He defends both sides of the color line On how Malcolm X and King's visions merged They start to merge, especially in the aftermath of Malcolm's assassination on Feb. 21, 1965. And in a way, when we think about King, right after Malcolm's assassination, King has what he later calls one of those "mountaintop moments."March 25, 1965, where he talks about American democracy, racial justice, but the long road ahead. By that August, Aug. 6, 1965, the VOTING RIGHT ACT has passed. So these are real high points.