Faces of the Civil Rights Movement

The Lives and Legacies of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X

De: Charles River Editors

Narrado por: Michael Gilboe

Today, a man born Michael King Jr. is one of the most famous Americans in history, his name having been changed at the age of five to one the world fondly remembers: Martin Luther King Jr. The life and legend of Dr. King have been told to every American, many of whom come away equating King with the Civil Rights Movement as a whole. But King's life was about far more than leading movements and having dreams.

At the height of the Civil Rights Movement, while much of the nation's attention was given to peaceful protests, boycotts, and figures like Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., a young man named Malcolm Little was rising through the ranks to become one of the leaders of the Nation of Islam. As Malcolm X, he would come to be one of the most controversial figures in 20th century America, hailed as a bold civil rights activist by some and reviled as a violent racist by others. What everyone can agree on, however, is that Malcolm X was one of the most influential Black leaders of the 20th century.

As the two biggest leaders of their respective civil rights movements, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. battled for the hearts and minds of Americans, and they even battled against each other, with Malcolm X famously calling King a "chump" and King referring to Malcolm's message as "fiery, demagogic oratory."

Faces of the Civil Rights Movement chronicles the lives of these two leaders, whose different ideologies made them advocate vastly different approaches in pursuit of a common goal. This audiobook also humanizes the two leaders, both of whom wanted to follow in the footsteps of their fathers, both of whom became leaders of their movements, and both of whom had notorious shortcomings.

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Great preread while visiting the South

We listened to this before and after visiting the National Civil Rights museum. Very helpful. It also helped explain the juxtaposition of MLK and MalcomX. Useful information and short enough to get through.

Faces

The author did a great job on delivering the meat or better yet the highlights of both activist and the racial climate of the civil rights movement.

Incredible

I find this book very truthful and forthcoming. Overall I enjoyed listening to the stories of both incredible man.