In the movie \" I am not your Negro\", Baldwin notes that MLK and Malcolm X were

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In the movie " I am not your Negro", Baldwin notes that MLK and Malcolm X were "two men.. Poles apart, driven closer together. By the time each died, their position had become virtually the same position. It can be said indeed, that Martin picked up Malcolm's burden, articulated the vision which Malcolm had begun to see and for which he paid with his life, and that Malcolm was one of the people that Martin saw on the mountaintop." These two men are often represented as opposites, or even enemies, in popular culture. How does Baldwin's depiction differ? Why is this difference significant?

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Both Malcolm and Martin Luther King Jr are seen as two poles in Civil Rights movement of America,but, Baldwin's depiction is different,he writes that towards the end of life both of them had similar vision and understanding,that race is just one side of the issue.They both were interestingly interested in economic injustice and class disparity.

This difference is significant because it gives an insight into the larger side of the issue,why in a nation that is economically so strong a person born rich gets richer and a person born poor remains poor and lives his life in poverty.It questions economic disparity and class distinction.

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