Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen

Keeping Democracy Alive with Burt Cohen


A Surprising Team for Justice: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King

February 23, 2021

They are often pictured as competitive opponents, but Malcolm X and Martin Luther King were “The Sword and the Shield” leading the same revolution with the shared goal of human dignity. On this show, Dr Peniel Joseph talks about his book of that title. Leaders of global human rights, they both influenced and changed each other. Though they met only once, they converged on issues like anti-colonialism.Not just a fiery speaker, Joseph explains that Malcolm was a theorist of democracy. This Black History Month calls on us all to learn true history and continue their “revolution of values.”