The Meeting

A fictional drama of a meeting between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.

[@Alpha-fp8uy]

They first showed us this short, fictional movie about a meeting between Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King in high school. It stirred debate and opened eyes of a group of young black males, sitting in a classroom, unsure of their future as well as their past. Well worth the hour and four minutes. Shalom

[@randolph4421]

Sallam

[@REPUBLICANSAREBEYONDSTUPID]

This is so powerful on so many levels. Both of these great Black men were absolutely brilliant. It’s just a shame that they were taken away from us so young. 😢

[@lukepate8749]

This means a lot to me.I watch it all the time I can.I first watched on PBS years ago and it rings in my heart.Happy Martin Luther King day 2015 !!!!

[@EVENSAMV]

Hello

[@dwightlove3704]

"By Any Means Necessary" one of the great lines in American history!!!!!!!

[@wehaveasituation]

But it's a completely bogus logic. Genocide, after all, is a means. So is murder. The Bolsheviks believed--and imposed--the By Any Means Necessary (which is really End Justify Means) and they were the worst murderers in modern history.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@wehaveasituation Why not ????

[@wehaveasituation]

@@dwightlove3704 Why not what? You mean why not By Any Means Necessary? Because as I pointed out, it's simply depraved to indulge in sheer criminality in order to promote what you feel to be justified. From John Brown murdering total strangers as they exited a church in Kansas, to Nat Turner slaughtering babies in cribs in Virginia, to the SLA planting a bomb at the San Francisco Opera, murder is murder, and is essentially criminal and depraved.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@wehaveasituation Then what are we as a black family supposed to do????It worked out for ppl like Thomas Jefferson,John Adams,George Washington,Patrick Henry.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@wehaveasituation Henry, Jefferson, Washington all indulged in the SLAVE TRADE which means the obvious they were beneficiaries of the collective suffering of black ppl.I never saw Chinese ppl being lynched like Black ppl although they were forced to work on the trains for which they never received any historic credit.The Chinese never had to deal with the KKK or Jim Crow or having their children stolen from them by Europeans.I never saw them being forced to prove that they were human by a group of ppl who's very existence they owe to us.The White Americans used violence to gain their so-called freedom from their ancestors on European soil.Who are you to tell us we as a ppl don't have the right to fight for our freedom as a whole.The Muslims who are you to call them fraudulent and MARCUS GARVEY preached RACIAL PRIDE AND INDEPENDENCE among black ppl worldwide what is wrong with that.Garvey was never involved in a cross burning,lynching,out right murder in fact a movie is coming out about him this month needless to say I plan on seeing it.

[@JBraden]

Fantastic play, fantastic work. This helps me to see more clearly that, although their very different life experiences gave rise to quite different ideologies, they both had love in their hearts, especially for their families and for future generations. Anyone who can't see that in the scene with the gift, I hope gives themselves the time to deepening their understanding of what love is.

[@WittdaGoat]

The fact that this stage play only has 39k views is insane. So many more people need to watch this and get this perception of history instead of just having the perception taught in school

[@dwightlove3704]

I'm trying to send this video to everyone I know

[@darylburton3549]

Thank you for uploading the 1988 broadcast of the PBS American Playhouse drama, "The Meeting" on KZbin.

[@tomo823]

Remember watching this every time it came on PBS. Been watching it yearly ever since I found it on here. EVERY time I watch it I notice more things & it becomes MORE POWERFUL each time.

[@conalrose5223]

A very significant and poignant moment in this great play is the giving and acceptance of a doll created by Dr. King's nine year old daughter, Yolanda as a gift to Malcolm X. This wonderful and thoughtful act of sharing seemed to disrupt any intellectual barriers between the two men, drawing them closer together; more over providing substance from another freedom fighter, Che Guevara, who said that "The foundation of any true liberation is self- love"!

[@bsshh]

Great post! Got this many years ago. Nice piece of work produced by Bill Duke. Jason and Dick were outstanding! RIP. His bodyguard planted the bug.

[@Benziiish]

“They kill me first then you have nothing to negotiate with, they kill you first they better not let me live” Damn...

[@IsiahBradley]

THANKS! I was reviewing "One Night in Miami" and I came here to search for this quote!

[@Lg32343]

great exchange of philosophies. but the ending sanded my heart so much, I almost succumbed to tears. I miss them sooo much. and yet, I wasn't even born yet.

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

This is just a play and no such meeting ever occurred because of their competing methods. Thankfully, the end of the current system is probably at hand and some of the truth about who did it might finally get revealed.

[@mediabreak1993]

I know how you feel I feel the same way

[@grahamwilliams5047]

Great piece. I performed as Malcolm X in this play two years ago. Very powerful today still!!!!!

[@dwightlove3704]

Who played your adversary???

[@kali8188]

Really wish this would come out on DVD since this version is so chopped up.

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

Kali Get your friends to bug PBS about putting it out again.

[@TheJordanHunt3r]

Thats the same guy who played Malcolm x from the movie King ( 1978 ) with Paul Whitfield. I recognize the voice of his. ( Guy portraying Malcolm )

[@dwightlove3704]

This needs to be made into a film!!!!!

[@GarwinWayne]

I remember this. I saw it on PBS back in 1993. Thanks for up-loading

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

+GarwinEugene Wayne You're welcome.

[@YouBastard95060]

+OaklandLYM Maybe it wasn't fiction after all... Secret Recording Reveals How Malcolm X Reacted When FBI Attempted to Recruit Him to Inform Against the Nation of Islam Atlanta Star: atlantablackstar.com/2015/05/22/secret-recording-reveals-how-malcolm-x-reacted-when-fbi-attempted-to-recruit-him-to-inform-against-the-nation-of-islam/?.com&

[@pagandeva2000]

Thanks for this. I looked for it for years.

[@mylesid]

Sir/Ma'am, THANK YOU! from the bottom of my heart and core of my being, that you uploaded this footage to KZbin!

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

mylesid Aww, you are most welcome.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@LyndonLaRoucheArchive Yes this was outstanding I say this again I hope that someday this will be a full length feature film.

[@dwightlove3704]

Dick Anthony Williams gave the finest performance of his career.

[@TaurusBaileyAttorney]

I saw this when it was out in 1989. Had the tape. lost it. Glad it is here but much of it is missing.

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

How much? One of my friends recorded this quite a while ago.

[@dwightlove3704]

I hope that you find that tape and download this great piece of acting between these men.

[@dwightlove3704]

+TM Bailey I wish that this were made into a full length film not enough ppl know about this fictional meeting between these American Icons.

[@dwightlove3704]

This was the finest performance of Dick Williams career.

[@TaurusBaileyAttorney]

+Dwight Love AGREED!!!

[@ronnieogden9254]

When I was in my sophomore year in college I wrote a paper comparing the dynamiics between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X to the dynamics between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois. We need folks who have all sorts of opinions and beliefs.

[@BRoboto1]

This video is very important to watch for people debating with eachother (and themselves) over the nationwide response to the murder of George Floyd. RIP #blacklivesmatter

[@leroypowell3]

I almost started crying when they hugged.

[@basilshahid2905]

His bodyguard was a snake. That’s who the white agent was referring to who planted the bug. Jason and Dick were awesome actors!!

[@douglasmathews4]

The meeting I love it. Thank you bps and you tube.

[@williammuhammad-o7w]

Brother Malcolm x once said its time to 🛑 stop singing and start swinging definitely!!! Facts 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@Darksky1001able]

The apple scene alone shows the difference in ideology.

[@jerrycovington72]

Happy birthday Malcolm x!

[@jasonvazquez8652]

Y'all wanna know something funny? Even though is fictionalized, I honestly can't help but have this eerie feeling that an encounter like this did happen at some point, and with the knowledge that we have about everything that was going on in America (Black America specifically) during this time, how do we know something like this didn't happen? (P.S. This meeting was actually inspired by a meeting that happened in real life between Malcolm X and Fidel Castro).

[@tomo823]

WOW Did not know about the Malcolm Castro meeting. Let me look that up & how they related to each other.

[@itsmike1368]

Long Live X Long Live King ✊✊💯💯

[@sirnathanjohn6196]

Powerful!!!!!

[@MoHimdi]

Who is here from Key & Peele sketch?

[@rei8968]

yep

[@TroySpearsEsq]

Thanks for this! Do you happen to know where I can see the first 25 minutes? IMDb says it's 90 minutes long.

[@williammuhammad-o7w]

In Dr kings last days he finally woke up and saw the truth on who the real enemy is.facts only 💯.

[@beautifulone5509]

Beautiful

[@lingeringquestions519]

I'm white and even I think it would have been cool if they had become best friends. They might have kept each other alive.

[@lukepate8749]

Watching 1/14/2019.✌

[@kali3665]

Shame you lost the first bit of this. It was a great show.

[@williammuhammad-o7w]

This country has no conscious hell it doesn't even have a memory it forgets!!! What it doesn't want to remember it' forgets facts 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 on that!!!!!

[@dwightlove3704]

MLK after having private meetings with Elijah Muhammad finally woke up in the late '60s and started acting more like MX.

[@stutteringcris468]

Violence never stopped violence. Tell that to the American soldiers who fought the Germans on D-Day

[@keithwashington26]

I admired both of these men.In my opinion both of these men are right and wrong and equally all men are not created equal. Both of these men ideologies are quite different but it cuts straight to the chase one is for equality the other is for self defense by using your brain your intellect to overcome to not bow down to those whom degrading you or your kind that's not intelligent at all.Its nonviolence versus action: extreme action when its required and requirement does not need anyone approval if it means stopping the enemy in his tracks. This debate in my opinion could last forever but the important outcome from this is that the men agreed there should be an united front with these two great minds coming together there is something astounding from this I will bet there were heading towards to the united nations for an world meeting rather than something trivial. they were thinking completely around the box instead of the exception. An meeting of the greatest minds in one place for one common goal that's world peace and order I guess other important issues at hand too.In my opinion the FBI expected this in the long haul it was just a question of when: and where the meeting between the two would be held and more importantly what would bring them together and yes why should they not meet the meeting was destined to happen. Those brain act's suspected it but did not what to expected ain't that right sarge.

[@keithwashington26]

The great debate an friendly challenge for two men who epitomized your right as an human being.Steadfast

[@keithwashington26]

Its also very important to note its the ultimate loathed versus peace and love certainly it all depends on who you are dealing with an peaceful man can talk to an peaceful man a man of war understands a man of war.Understanding is essential.

[@keithwashington26]

Control your loathed and peace and love.Control.!!!

[@terrenceperkins5282]

Keith Washington : im going with Malcolm his view point help us self black empowerment black teaching black love . love us 1st have our self respect black wall street once we complete our goals as a ppl then we build a nation then sit down with whitey .

[@kylestevenpadilla7549]

So this is a remake of malcolm x meeting dr.king.

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

No. This is a fictitious event that never happened. The two only personally met very briefly in the halls of congress of which there is a photograph.

[@TRUTHSPEAKS6194]

OaklandLYM is wrong. Coretta King spoke several times about their meeting and she had absolutely nothing to lie about.

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

Mister Moonraker I worked with Jim Bevel occasionally and attended a few of his classes and he never mentioned it.

[@TRUTHSPEAKS6194]

@@LyndonLaRoucheArchive Yes its all fact. And additionally, James Bevel's credibility and integrity alone does not make him a god source for THIS kind of info

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

Mister Moonraker Considering Bevels role in the Million Man March, its not like he was shy about speaking his mind. Hopefully, with the global paradigm, the DOJ will be forced to reveal their role in the assassination of both.

[@TROOP_TV]

C A M E AFTER K&P . WHO ELSE

[@dwightlove3704]

Okay Jackie been busy as well my "birthday" came and went 9-23 would be 85!!!!!

[@teresacody5188]

They are always listening, innately intrusive!

[@hautevenue5484]

Cellular, Google, Facebook , internet no need for bugs

[@Ericapires12]

Change the title, Put "Malcolm and Martin Luther" there. It's hard to find the video this way

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

You found it.

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

There was nothing else on the tape.

[@dew2smooth81]

#BrotherHood

[@dwightlove3704]

TM most ppl don't know that MLK had a home filled with weapons!!!!!!

[@YouBastard95060]

He had the 'deacons for defense and justice' bodyguarding him. You know about them? auntieimperial.tumblr.com/search/deacons+for+defense+and+justice The weapons belonged to them.

[@dwightlove3704]

+YouBastard No I didn't know the weapons belonged to them.I knew about the Deacons For Defense.I have a movie on them as well.I have a book about them.The movie should have been in the theatres but it was not!!!!!

[@dwightlove3704]

+YouBastard The same person who infiltrated Malcolm's inner circle also brought down the Panthers but no one knew about him.

[@YouBastard95060]

As far as I know the BPP was under assault by the police and intel community of the US. NOT a single person. A singe person was perhaps responsible for showing the CPD where Fred Hampton slept so they could assassinate him quickly but that person WAS NOT responsible for all disruption activities or intel on all Black Panther hqs. Malcolm's operation was simpler to infiltrate because it didn't have chapters everywhere, and was a much smaller organization. Plus the leadership of the NOI wanted him dead. I was politically active teen in NY in the 60s and 70s in NY and got to watch the whole COINTELPRO op up close and personal. The SMALL antiwar org I was in had been infiltrated by at least 4 informers including 2 NYPD officers, and a couple of John Birchers, one of whom, George Demmerle, was responsible for putting Sam Melvile in prison at Attica, where he was killed in the Attica riots. That was out of a core membership of perhaps 20 people. So you can extrapolate how many agents had infiltrated the BPP. The NYPD Red Squad (officially "Bureau of Special Services) stalked me and with the help of the feds threatened my dad's Mil NASA security clearance. The organization did Guerrilla Theater. so you can imagine the level of infiltration and disruption if you were even suggesting arming people.

[@dwightlove3704]

+YouBastard I have that book by Cobb I listened to a speech made by a man named Dr.Umar Johnson saying that King was influenced by ppl in his inner circle such as Baynard Rushdin a admitted homosexual who believed in non-violent social reform a idea trumpeted by Ghandi but Dr.Johnson said that Ghandi was not an ally of black ppl it was said that he was an avowed enemy of African ppl native and foreign born.

[@pagandeva2000]

What are the names of these actors?

[@charlenehighsaw8723]

Dick Anthony Williams as Malcolm X and Jason Bernard as MLK, Jr.

[@alfredhutchinson6566]

1:03:33-46. June 2020 B'dos, WI

[@fairisfair2986]

Ty

[@Jedi_Black]

27:00

[@timkinley9134]

OK, they could've done without the hand wrestling.

[@terrenceperkins5282]

Which said u on ... ????

[@alfredhutchinson6566]

Side. June 2020 B'dos, WI

[@Alan-oj3ps]

Key and Peele did a parody of this.

[@EllenSykes2028]

I know, but I found it very disrespectful and mocking both the leaders.

[@aaromotivestudio3869]

Malcolm x and Martin Luther King are like Captain America and Ironman or Professor X and Magneto

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

How awful to compare two important historical figures to stupid comic book characters.

[@aaromotivestudio3869]

OaklandLYM How is it awful? I'm making an analogy. It didn't HAVE to include comic book characters in it.

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

Its a very bad comparison, mostly because you're taking a fictional situation which the film here is and taking it literally, but its not your fault. Its unlikely that you've had any exposure to the classic literature MLK referenced in his speeches and writings.

[@aaromotivestudio3869]

OaklandLYM FYI 1) I know this didn't literally happen. 2) Second I do know the thoughts and perspectives of the real Dr King and Malcolm X (I've listened to their speeches and conversations withothers), and I know how they differed with eachother. On that note 3) that was the reason for my analogy; 'cause like the stupid characters in the comics I mentioned earlier, Malcolm and Martin didn't see eye to eye, or agree with eachother (in real life) on how to achieve progress for their people, the black man, and sometimes Malcolm (and this is the truth) would even criticize Dr. King because his teachings and philosophies on non-violenc seemed inferior compared to his own, but I suppose I wouldn't expect somebody who wouldn't dare waste his time with a comic book to understand where I'm going with it. Plus since this whole conversation is a fictional account (didn't really happen between King and X), then what's it to you that I used fictional characters to make an analogy with two historical figures presented in a fictional account to make an analogy?

[@LyndonLaRoucheArchive]

I used to own a massive comic collection, then I grew up and got rid of them all. Time for you to do likewise. Leave comic land enter the real world.

[@dwightlove3704]

The Grand White Lie!!!!!!!

[@YouBastard95060]

The part that's missing is the setup at the beginning showing 2 fbi agents, black and white, with headphones and tape recorder listening. The white agent is making comments about King as a communist troublemaker and you can see the black agent's unease, and sympathy for King. I suspect the FBI was involved in making that opening sequence vanish. After all, they tried to stop the 60s comedy movie The President's Analyst from being distributed because it made the FBI look like murderous clowns. Hoover didn't succeed, but despite the movie's popularity, it never got a second run in theaters anywhere.

[@williammuhammad-o7w]

I want you to eat this i dont care i want you to eat it.its good for you what if i make you eat it by force if necessary. Oh yes! He is brother Malcolm x in my judgement Denzel Washington is my brother great actor great!!!!. fact's only

[@williammuhammad-o7w]

But this is Malcolm x revisted fact's only

[@BenHopkins1000]

Betrayed by his own bodyguard. Ironic. Then again, this meeting never even happened...

[@TaurusBaileyAttorney]

This was produced by Bill Duke and owned by PBS

[@IsiahBradley]

It was aired on PBS' "American Playhouse," a program that no longer exists. I remember Julie Dash saying that if it had not existed, "Daughters of the Dust" would have never been made. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughters_of_the_Dust

[@dwightlove3704]

Dick Anthony Williams and Jason Bernard gave outstanding performances in this TV movie.

[@brandonholmes6940]

What was the name of show?

[@dwightlove3704]

This was also the finest performance of the career of Jason Bernard.

[@Timmyfunk1]

Excellent PBS special. Glad I recorded it.

[@michelegreene2905]

I bought this from the library for 50 cents. And it barely shows. Still love the play.

[@dwightlove3704]

Michelle there will be a film about Nat Turner starring Nate Parker he was in the film The Great Debaters with Denzel Washington.

[@dwightlove3704]

Michelle there will be a film out next year about Marcus Garvey as well.

[@marcusmullings9261]

Dwight Love lol! still waiting on garvey film that definitely will never happen because that man would wake our people up, that is why we never hear our seen a video or audio tape of him. He was too strong and more powerful then Malcolm and Martin. And to mighty for the power structure and that is why J.Edgar Hoover was awarded. To top level position in police department and renamed his organization Federal Beaurer Investigation.

[@alfredhutchinson6566]

@@marcusmullings9261 Bureau. June 2020 B'dos, WI

[@mikehall7930]

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS IS NOT FACTS OR BASED ON FACTS THIS IS THE WRITERS THEORY OF WHAT HE THINK THEY MAY HAVE TALKED ABOUT.

[@terrenceperkins5282]

King heart is there but is mind was confuse same as Malcom his mind is there but is heart was confuse

[@dwightlove3704]

Terrence Perkins How was Malcolm's heart confused??????

[@michaeledwin2072]

Malcolm X was right

[@williammuhammad-o7w]

This country has no conscious hell it doesn't even have a memory it forgets!!! What it doesn't want to remember it' forgets facts 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 on that!!!!!

[@williammuhammad-o7w]

Brother Malcolm x once said and it still stands today.its not racist to say we are treated worst then animals and cattle thats not racist its true!! It's not racist to say we never get justice that's not racist it's true oh yes the most honorable Elijah Muhammad taught brother Malcolm x all!!! To well again facts 💯.

[@wiwiwowo7516]

Just came here because of key and peele skit.

[@williammuhammad-o7w]

The ballot or the bullet.defintly facts 💯

[@KenCostlow]

One of the best teleplays I've ever seen.

[@alwaysbelievechrist4688]

Malcom is the devil 😈

[@EllenSykes2028]

My goodness, I can only imagine if this renactment were true! I found some of the conversations very moving and just gives you an idea on just things would be like if the two actually would have worked together. I think that they both learned a lot from each other and I liked some of the more humorous moments.

[@atkkeqnfr]

Wow this is great. Thank you for posting this.

[@BillShartner]

You realize they met before in real life right?

[@godwillrise5442]

His dream came true!

[@MoneyMikeda9mm]

What dream came true?

[@williammuhammad-o7w]

I have so much respect for brother Denzel Washington but this brother should have gotten the role of Malcolm x he is brother Malcolm's twin sounds like him too fact's only.respect again to brother Denzel Washington again