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Great portrait of the two most important icons of the civil rights movement - Malcom and Martin. This is a well researched and in depth account of the early beginnings of each (Malcolm from a life of poverty, hustling, and prison while King enjoyed a more middle class upbringing) and their rise in the political consciousness throughout the civil rights era. While often viewed as adversaries politically today, this account illustrates how they were often two sides of the same coin and the convergence later in their careers to similar points of view in the quest for radical black dignity. In particular, King is often distilled today in popular press as the idealist focused on a dream of peace for all but in fact he was a complicated man who, in the last years of his too short life, became one of the most vocal opponents of the Vietnam war, criticized a sitting president (for whom he once considered an ally), and championed the poor above all else. Great biographical view (if a bit dense to get through at times).