'Genius: MLK/X' highlights contributions of women to the civil rights movement

Actors Weruche Opia and Jayme Lawson join Morning Joe to discuss the first two episodes of the new eight-episode National Geographic show 'Genius: MLK/X' on the lives of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Coretta Scott King, and Betty Shabazz.


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'Genius: MLK/X' highlights contributions of women to the civil rights movement

#CivilRights #MartinLutherKing #MalcolmX

[LibiKavanah-bekind]

THANK YOU!! for acknowledging that women have had agency and have worked hard for equal rights for ALL for generations!!! I agree that I often hear younger women not acknowledging the work we women of the fifties and sixties and seventies ( and thirties and forties) are trail blazers for the equalities and privledges they enjoy today. We must remember the fight we had for our rights over our bodies, our lives, our families and our financial well being. The fight obviously continues. And we must remain fierce in our dedication to this fight for all women and all people!

[jadetiger-htec]

I have so much admiration and respect for all champions of the The Civil Rights Movement.

[BethBright]

I think they should have included Merley Evers.

[robertjohnson]

Just a little bit of filibuster trivia with regard to Biden's best friends and the role they played in civil rights. The record for the longest individual speech goes to South Carolina's Strom Thurmond the Democrat segregationist that filibustered for 24 hours and 18 minutes against the Civil Rights Act of 1957. That was the Congressional voting record Civil Rights Act in 1957, which created prohibitions against intimidating, coercing or otherwise interfering with the rights of persons to vote for the President and Members of Congress. Biden once called Thurmond his “closest friend.” Now it just so happens Biden was also good buddies with former KKK member Robert Byrd that also just so happened to filibuster the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In fact, they were such good buddies that Biden gave his eulogy. Biden himself had very segregationist ideas on busing in schools and is well know for his "racial jungle" comment… so it's no surprise that Biden praised Strom Thurmond as his closest friend as they thought alike. Biden worked closely with his buddy Strom when he wrote his crime bills that disproportionately targeted black people. True story.

[Winonaah]

Really resent African Brit and no living Black American Woman seated with Rev on this panel.

[roejogan]

Ibram X Kendi is actually Henry Rogers.

[bosshoggSLT]

Malcolm x was the only one who operated on the courage of his conviction dr king wasnt who he wanted ppl to believe he was .. same with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.

[tomcassidy]

did trump lose his #3 wife missing in action ?

[winstonsmith]

I think they should have highlighted Joe Biden's contributions to the civil rights movement. After all, he said he started it and then handed it off the 'them black boys' (as I'm sure he'd phrase it)

[loveaisles]

Why are all these actors British? Just curious.

[Lola-ivut]

The casting is only half right. I am tired of Black American actors and actresses not getting the opportunity to play our ancestors. Black Americans fought for these opportunities to even exist. When Black Americans start playing British roles, then this importing of foreign actors and actresses won't be so offensive. I'm so tired of the carpetbagging.

[marmac]

Well, now that just about all you're talking about now, 21/7 - is how many bombs you've been dropping - somewhere in the Middle East - I am finally being given the time to watch this "... MLK/X" - SERIES, so Thank You! ah, i guess?....

[Dingleberry]

Wait til you hear what Malcom X had to say about White liberals. (Yikes)

[RefrigeratorWilliamPerry]

I think some people should just get over it at some point don’t you?

[TheCheshier]

This is really insulting like they couldn’t find a black American woman actor to play Coretta Scott King. They had to find some tether?

[I.P.Freely-yzje]

Another useless movie. We demand policy!!!

[codytidwell]

Donald Trump 2024 let's make it happen people