Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X meet at the U.S. Senate on March 26, 1964, after a hearing on the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X met only once. “I’m throwing myself into the heart of the civil rights struggle,” Malcolm X told King. Malcolm X lies mortally wounded on the Audubon Ballroom stage in New York City after being shot Feb. 21, 1965. “Like the murder of [Congo Prime Minister Patrice] Lumumba, the murder of Malcolm X deprives the world of a potentially great leader.

Source: Washington Post January 14, 2018 14:28 UTC