Dispelling the Martin Luther King Mythology
 
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Myth #1 Martin Luther King, Jr. should be thought of as a great African American leader.
   
Myth #2 Compared to Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr. was an "Uncle Tom;" rather than using "any means necessary" he believed in a passive non-violence.
   
Myth #3 Now that we are in the twenty-first century we have achieved the goals King fought for.
   
Myth #4 The civil rights movement ended in the sixties.
   
   
Created by Dr. Allen Webb