They used King's ideals but wanted to separate themselves from the older leaders. ... He attended Mason Junior High, where he was the only black student. ... But since the possibility of it in the United States was very little, the only alternative was to separate. The Nation of Islam preached that the only solution to the race problem was separation of the races. ... Orders would no longer be taken from outside forces. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I remember learning King was a minister, a supposedly pure Christian, and won the great Nobel Peace Prize because he was willing to turn the other cheek. ... In their only meeting they smiled and talked briefly. ... These newspaper quotes are archival resources and they are significant because they are owned and operated by white people who dislike Malcolm X because of his disdain for them. ... Kennedy talks about Martin Luther King he only mentions that King is nonviolent. ... Cone also quotes King's wife, Coretta, who said King saw her as a "homemaker" and expected her to be "home...

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