https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/publications/autobiography-martin-luther-king-jr/chapter-25-malcolm-x Below, King explains his view of Malcolm X. In the event of a violent revolution, we would be sorely outnumbered. And when it was all over, the Negro would
King’s “I Have a Dream” envisions racial equality, justice, and freedom, urging America to fulfill its democratic promises through nonviolent unity.
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Source: “Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom,” in A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr., ed. James Melvin Washington (San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1986),
From jail, King defends nonviolent protest, critiques white moderates, urges immediate action, and emphasizes individual responsibility against segregation in South.
