King’s harshest and most famous criticism of Malcolm X, in which he accused his fellow civil rights leader of “fiery, demagogic oratory,” appears to have been fabricated.
“I think its historic reverberations are huge,” Eig told The Washington Post. “We’ve been teaching people for decades, for generations, that King had this harsh criticism of Malcolm X, and it’s just not true.”
The quote came from a January 1965 Playboy interview with author Alex Haley, a then-43-year-old Black journalist, and was the longest published interview King ever did. Because of the severity of King’s criticism, it has been repeated countless times, cast as a dividing line between King and Malcolm X. The new revelation “shows that King was much more open-minded about Malcolm than we’ve tended to portray him,” Eig said.
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Some of the phrases added to King’s answer appear to be taken significantly out of context, while others appear to be fabricated.
It is a standard practice in journalism when publishing Q&A-style interviews to make minor changes, such as removing excessive “ums” or truncating long answers where the subject repeats their point over and over again or wanders from the topic at hand. But journalists typically take great pains to ensure any changes do not alter the intended meaning of an interviewee’s response. In addition, outlets commonly will include an editor’s note informing the reader of such changes.
What Haley appears to have done amounts to “journalistic malpractice,” Eig said.
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this show is so unserious
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Do the Right Thing (1989) movie poster designed in 2015 by Alia Penner for a summertime film revival in Los Angeles, California.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X photograph by Henry Griffin, 26 March 1964.
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Season1 type of vibe ✨🌈
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Official Season 3 opening.
Source: trust me bro.
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f i c m a s t e r l i s t
p o l i c i e s
(please read before making requests!)
b a d s a m a r i t a n
The Best of You, Honey, Belongs to Me
Blackthorn
Cover Myself in the Ashes of You
Dumb Ways To Die
Enough of You to Dull the Pain (18+)
Hellbent Looking For A Godsend
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
I Got This Feeling On A Summer Day (18+)
I'm Gooey in the Middle Baby Let Me Bake
In His Eyes A Flaming Glow
Intrigued and Afraid
Keep You Like An Oath (18+)
Killing Me Softly
My Baby Shot Me Down (18+)
Not Much Between Despair and Ecstasy (18+)
Only Touch That Gets Me Melting (18+)
Run Rabbit Run (18+)
Say My Name
Send a Thousand Kings Away
Shia Surprise
Something Good to Celebrate
Stop, Look and Listen, It's Halloween!
Taste of a Poison Paradise
Trust in Me, Just in Me
With Your Scars and Your Lonely Heart
Your Body's a Secret Girl and You're About to Spill It (18+)
t h e b o y s
Watch That Butcher Burn
b r o a d c h u r c h
Always Leave Me With a Hungry Heart
Am I Doing This Right?
An Art to Life's Distractions
Beating Like A Kick Drum
Catch & Release
Girls Like Girls Like Boys Do
It's Been a Long, Long Time
Love's Perfect Ache
Now and Again We Try to Just Stay Alive
Regale You With A Gourd-geous Tale
Say You'll Remember Me
Say You'll Remember Me (Denali's Version)
Tell Me It's A Nightmare
d o c t o r w h o
Cuddle, Meet Puddle
Cute Things
Don't Blink (Part 1)
Don't Turn Your Back (Part 2)
Don't Look Away (Part 3)
Dreams See Us Through (Part 4)
Hate the Feeling of Falling
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
Horrible Things
Isn't That Wizard
It's How I'm Made
Let Me Come Home
Little Creepy House
On the Brave Shit
The Origin of (Love Bug) Species
What Beautiful Things I'll Wear
When the Crypt Doors Creak
You Know That I Would Jump Too
d u c k t a l e s
Tales of Daring
g o o d o m e n s
All I Want For Christmas
Aziraphale's Favorite Author
Dance on a Tightrope of Weird
Free as My Hair
His Love is All in Me
How the Wine Plays Tricks on My Tongue
Lockdown Blues
Making Biscuits
My Heart's a Stereo
Naked in That Garden (18+)
Out There Making DuckTales
Pickin' Up the Pieces of the Mess You Made
Road to Hell
Something Meaty For The Main Course
Step Too Far
Tongue Tied
Your Love is Holy (18+)
f a l l o f t h e h o u s e o f u s h e r
Tomorrow I Shall Be Fetterless (18+)
f r i g h t n i g h t
Emptiness to Melody
Everybody Scream in Our Town of Halloween
Fixed Up to the Nines
Howl Like an Animal in the Darkness
I'm So Hot I'd Fuck Myself (18+)
I'm Starvin', Darlin', Let Me Put My Lips to Somethin'
Late Night Devil Put Your Hands On Me (18+)
Make Me Glow
Night of Long Fangs (18+)
Parade of Dancing Skeletons
Talk So Pretty (18+)
Who Are You Supposed To Be, Criss Angel? (18+)
h a u n t i n g o f b l y m a n o r
???
j u r a s s i c p a r k / w o r l d
Best Behavior
The Future Ex Mrs. Malcolm
p r o d i g a l s o n
But Then My Stupid Phone Beeps
Never Fallen From Quite This High
Office Supplies
Rude Boy
They are the Hunters, We are the Foxes
Trigger Happy
With a Sense of Poise (18+)
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Happy Black History 🫶🏽
Couldn't forget our Beautiful Black Men
Their Names are presented below, In chronological order from top to bottom.
Martin Luther King ( Minister & Activist)
Malcolm X ( Minister & Activist)
James Baldwin ( Writer & Activist)
Langston Hughes ( Poet & Activist)
Thurgood Marshall ( Lawyer & Jurist)
Jackie Robinson ( Baseball player)
Jessie Jackson ( Minister & Activist)
W.E.B Dubois ( Activist, Author, & Historian)
Frederick Douglas (Writer)
Little Richard ( Singer & Pianist)
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This is Malcolm:
I think you might like Malcom. Why? ....Well:
Malcom is a funny guy. He has a bird called Sunshine! He use to work for the FBI, but now he consults with the NYPD on murder cases. He's very good at it! Look how much fun he has:
Wow so fun!
Malcolm also has friends! Wanna meet them? Here:
Such good friends (he can't make many)
Oh! Malcom also has a family! Wanna Meet them too:
Wait what's that? Why does Dr. Whitly cause problems? He looks so nice! And he's saved many people's lives. Dr. Whitly loves his family too, he would do anything for them and raised Malcolm with a loving hand! So why is he the reason Malcolm literally ties himself to his bed at night? *whisper whisper* OHHH THATS RIGHT!! We forgot to mention. Dr Whitly is a....
Bum Bum Bummmmmm!!!! Yep! He's a pretty bad guy! Killed 27 people! Brutally! And documented his "findings" too, Malcolm doesn't get his art skills from his mama! And guess who turned him in??......
That's right!! Baby (Ten year old) Malcolm!! Go Malcolm! Congrats on your first case! And Meeting Gil your future boss!!! That event is gonna emotionally stunt you forever! (That's why he can't make many friends)
Especially since his sneakily little papa wormed himself out of multiple death sentences and into a nice little mental institution, smack dab in the middle of New York City. Because like who wouldn't want a man who killed 27 people via surgical methods to consult on actual surgeries anymore? He may be a pycho, but he's got that PHd! He's also got phone privileges.....
Which is a terrible thing for Malcolm, but also a great one. After all, who better to help on a serial killer case, than another serial killer! It'll be like father son bonding time.....only the bonding really isn't helping anyone...
In conclusion:
All of Y'all should totally watch Prodigal Son on HBO (not free:() or the CW (Free!:)) and totally possibly hyperfixate on Malcolm like I sometimes do too because even though there's only like two seasons it's absolutely worth it! It's an interesting twist on the typical crime show with a lot of psychological innerturmoil drama. Ok thanks for coming to my ramble bye!!!!!❤️❤️❤️
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Malcolm: Oh my God. I'm my mother. I've been trying so hard not to become my father, I did not see this coming.
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