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Some mnmbor* of Iti" l ni
versily's liliii k (ommutuly gave
I heir answers
Thny agreed ill'll there I* a re
surgent •• in interest In Malcolm
X ami llial his message has a
strung following among today's
young people Bui they maiic it
clear Ifial this Interest isn't one
lhal if iminishus iliu in com
pllshmonls of Xing Kalhnr, il
recognizes anil legitimizes Mai
i olm X a man who has been
largely dismissed by while
America as a v iolenl fnnatlc
Kru Ward. l.akevshuii Wash
Inglon and Devon Bussell said
they admire boll) men. and ibul
while their taetlr s may have
differed. the similarities in
their messages and goals have
In en overlooked bv many
Malcolm X. assassinuU-d in
litfiS. and King, assassinated in
l'lt.H moved toward a common
ground before they died. Ward
said
Historically. Indore tile two
were murdered there bad been
a lot of i hanges in both of
them," he said "Malcolm X
had started to look at non-vio
lent e as a useful lactic.“ al
though not as a way of life .is
King did
Martin Luther King realized
thal the civil rights movement
wasn't able lo organize blanks
m ihr north and in the inner
( dies. Ihol the l.li III s needed lo
be different for them. Ward
Said
whal w ere those till Iks’1
We ll never know Ward
•..lid, ’lx* uuse lliev w ere mur
dered m their prime "
i he mol MI.K ( onferen* e al
the University featured Afatlnh
Sii.ili.i/./. daughter of M.ihoim
X ■ is the keynote speaker She
said her father and King want
ed to lie together more often
than thev were able Authori
ties kept them apart, she said,
bet ausr the thought of them
working together was frighten
ing
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\\ ,>rd agrees with Shaba//
Wr we uld havi’ seen more
between liii’ two if they hail
bil l) able to gettogether. " hi'
van!, add mg that a r entlv
published !a n <k \f.i/i i >/rri A
7/tc FBI I Hi's, outlines a s\s
lemnlic program to destroy and
dt sc red it black organizations
and individuals like king and
Malcolm X
There is a great deal to ad
mire about both. Ward said
1 admire Martin Luther
kings strength and his pa
tience With society, and Mal
colm X tor his strength to tell
the truth, the i ondttion of
blacks, and for not hacking
down," lie said "1 look at Mar
lin Luther king as bringing the
message to white America and
Mule olm X to the hi,a k popula
tion
Washington said she is also
reading the new FBI Ixxik tie
i ause she wants to find out
more about a man she identifies
with
"Before. 1 didn't know muc h
attend Malcolm X. but I felt the
same wuV he did," she said "If
someone did something to him.
he wasn't going to sit hue k. he
would fight trac k and I agree
with that Blacks my age in
America are more militant, and
some of those tilings tend to go
along w dti Malcom X
"Since’ I see that I have that
in common with his philoso
phy. I want to find out more
ultout him. Washington said
But Washington added that
she is also a strong admirer of
king "Being lilac k. you c an't
help but admire him.
He was a persistent man. He
got a lot done He could !*■ so
patient in allow ing that stuff to
happen and still get his mes
sages at ross He didn't allow
people to push him to violence
! understand wind Martin
Luther king was saying,"
VY.Khlngton said Hat k then, if
v nu (I i if fight ba t: k v <> u
wouldn't win
Russell also believes (fiat
white Armirii a has focused loo
rh.ui h attention on Ihu differ
ences between the two Inaders
They arc compatible In a de
gree. fie said While America
lends to focus on K,rig as non
violent anti X as militant, but
they had the same goal in
mind They varied only be-.
i ause X said ‘In any means
necessary hut he never said
through violent means
Both saw what was happen
ing to their people and what
was going to happen and want
ed to raise awareness, he said
I hey created this awareness
th.it it s hasii human rights,
thev promoted that But Ameri
can leaders have always pro
moted the differences, like
one's a good bo\ and one s a
had boy
You'll never see a Malcolm
X Day. lie added "People t ail
barely stand Martin Luther
Xing Day. in some plat es
It is Lee. they agree, who is in
pari responsible for the resur
genr e of interest in Malcolm X
Me is in lhe proi ess of filming a
movie about the man's life and
has already popularized the
black caps with a big X on the
front
The words at the end of Do
the Kight Tiling are not neces
sarily contradictory, Russell bo
heves. but an attempt to get
people to examine the ideas of
both men
1 hat movie was trying to
say you don't have to choose
one or the other but a combina
tion of both,'" Russel said
'Martin Luther King arid X pro
moted unity for their people
They s.m the need to get to
gether lor their people.”
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