THERE WAS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MALCOM x AND MARTIN LUTHER KING. THAT I THINK SAYS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE HOT HEAD KNOWN AS MALCOM X... “I want Dr. King to know that I didn’t come to Selma to make his job difficult. I really did come thinking I could make it easier. If the white people realize what the alternative is, perhaps they will be more willing to hear Dr. King.”
Malcom X actually thought Kings non violence was going to win the day and figured his job was to show the bad alternative.
That still sounds weird, that if peace was going to win, Malcolm still felt obligated to threaten war. Why make the campaign more complex than it had to be?