Foreward
Preface List of Illustrations
PART ONE Introduction: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X in the African American Freedom Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s
PART TWO The Documents: Words and Themes of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X
1. Formative Influences and Ideas
Martin Luther King Jr. An Autobiography of Religious Development, 1950
Pilgrimage to Nonviolence, 1960
Malcolm X From Nightmare to Salvation, 1965
2. Social Ends: Racial Integration versus Separation
Martin Luther King Jr. The Ethical Demands for Integration, 1963
Malcolm X From
The Black Revolution, 1963
Independence, Not Separation, 1964
3. Means of Struggle: Nonviolent Resistance versus "By Any Means Necessary"
Martin Luther King Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963
From
Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom, 1966
Malcolm X From
The Afro-American's Right to Self Defense, 1964
From
On Revolution, 1963
4. On America: Dream or Nightmare? Martin Luther King Jr.
I Have a Dream, 1963
Malcolm X The White Man Is a Devil: Statements on Whites, 1965
From
God's Judgment of White America, 1963
5. Critiques of Rival Racial Programs and Philosophies Martin Luther King Jr.
Three Responses of Oppressed Groups, 1958
On Black Nationalists and Malcolm X, 1965
The Nightmare of Violence: Regarding the Death of Malcolm X, 1965
Malcolm X Black Bodies with White Heads! 1965
From
Message to the Grassroots, 1963
King Is the White Man's Best Weapon, 1963
6. Eras of Convergence
Martin Luther King Jr. From
Beyond Vietnam, 1967
From
Where Do We Go From Here? 1967
Malcolm X Press Conference on Return From Africa, 1964
Sincere Whites (That Coed Again), 1965
I'm Not a Racist, 1964
America Can Have a Bloodless Revolution, 1964
From
The Ballot or the Bullet, 1964
All of Us Should Be Critics of Each Other, 1964
My Voice Helped Save America, 1965
Appendixes
A Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X Chronology (1925-1968)
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography
Index