The June 1963 march in Detroit was, at the time, the largest civil rights demonstration in U.S. history, with 125,000 ...

Same Problem, Different Directions Near the end of his life, Malcolm X publicly recognized that "Dr. King wants the same thing I want — freedom ... Tom," and his march, where King gave ...

WASHINGTON — Protesters gathered with signs, and a mock guillotine, at Malcolm X Park before beginning to march toward the ...

He described the March on Washington as the “farce on Washington”. Another contrast to King was that Malcom X was prepared to say that violence might be necessary to achieve freedom for black ...

a musical group that sang "freedom songs" to encourage the Black American movement. In the speech, fiery Malcolm X said it was time for America to have its own version of the Mau Mau. "In my ...

Martin Luther King joins Detroit's Freedom March. During the critical era of the 1950s and '60s, King, who led the 250,000-strong March on Washington in 1963, and Malcolm X were colossal 20th ...