Synopsis
The fourth season of National Geographic’s Emmy-winning anthology series GENIUS will explore the formative years, pioneering accomplishments, duelling philosophies and key personal relationships of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X. While King advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest, Malcolm X argued forcefully for black empowerment, identity, and self-determination. Though they met only once, King and Malcolm X – with their formidable wives by their sides – became synonymous with the civil rights era and the fight for racial and economic justice. For the first time, their symbiotic movements for social justice and legendary achievements will be examined side by side.