I was around and an adult during the days of MLK and Malcomb X, and in LE. They both were doing the same thing in different ways. Both were telling black people to clean up their acts and take part in America; get educated, get a job, value family etc. MLK, at the same time was appealing to whites and blacks to stop considering skin color and build character. Malcomb X didn't much care what white people did or said. He didn't much care about white people at all. He just flat told black people to grab the brass ring themselves and screw the rest of the world. Which is probably why both of them were murdered.