Martin Luther King Jr. was a college-educated, Southern, Baptist advocate, while Malcolm X was a self-taught, Northern, Muslim activist. Malcolm and Martin were as different as could be on paper, but both dedicated their lives to the Civil Rights Movement, the major societal issue of their time. Tackling this issue from different angles, the two found themselves forming a profound partnership to move US society toward equality and justice. How can we forge such powerful ties in our modern context to continue to push US society to epitomize its ideals?