“And in his litany of articulating the despair of the Negro without offering any positive, creative alternative, I feel that Malcolm has done himself and our people a great disservice. And in his litany of expressing the despair of the Negro, without offering a positive, creative approach, I think that he falls into a rut sometimes.”īut in the original Playboy interview, King’s response appears like this: But I know that I have so often felt that I wished that he would talk less of violence, because I don’t think that violence can solve our problem. I don’t want to seem to sound as if I feel so self-righteous, or absolutist, that I think I have the only truth, the only way.
I totally disagree with many of his political and philosophical views, as I understand them. “I have met Malcolm X, but circumstances didn’t enable me to talk with him for more than a minute. King, would you care to comment upon the articulate former Black Muslim, Malcolm X?” On page 60 of the 84-page document, Haley reportedly asked the Atlanta-bred civil rights legend: The famed writer said he carefully assessed the transcript of the famous interview conducted by Black journalist Alex Haley, to find several inconsistencies. MORE: 20 Malcolm X Quotes Every Black Person Should KnowĪs he was searching through the Duke University archives, Eig came across an unedited transcript of MLK’s 1965 Playboy Interview, in which he famously accused the Black Muslim civil rights leader of being a “fiery, demagogic oratory.”Īfter scouring the 84-page transcript to find the exact quote, Eig discovered that MLK’s harsh criticism of Malcolm X may have been fabricated, according to his latest interview with The Washington Post.
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