In 1984, the east-west 125th Street, also known as the main drag of Harlem, was christened Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Three years later, the north-south Lenox Avenue was given the official extra name of Malcolm X Boulevard. In the time it takes for the light to turn green at that intersection, it strikes me: they did come together after all. Those two schools of revolution. Malcolm’s “strike back with power” attitude and Martin’s “love your enemies” strategy. Both giants were shot to death at the age of thirty-nine.
