Why does Malcolm X not have a federal holiday named after him?

As a foreigner living in the US in 80s I sought to understand this, basically this my view as American seemed hopeless and myopic when it came to explaining this even thought it was the 80s and two decades had passed. read more

Malcom X alienated many Americans where as King sought to include them and seek common cause even when they hated him. King used the “good book” the bible a lot of the time as moral vehicle and this is some thing many, many Americans could relate to. read more

That is part of why Malcolm X Day is already celebrated in Washington and Berkeley, Calif., and why streets in Harlem, Brooklyn, Dallas and Lansing, Mich., bear his name and why schools in Newark, N.J., Chicago and Madison, Wis., are named after him. read more