European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lentillus Boyd As Malcolm x left and Charlie Bell As Martin Luther King or. Face off in the meeting an imaginary confrontation Between the two Black leaders. In at �?~111malcolm x ets King by Kevin Robinson staff writer imagine putting two rival heavyweights in the same ro6m for their first meeting. No referee. No cameras. No fans. Playwright Jeff Stetson did just that when he placed or. Martin Luther King or. And Malcolm x in a Harlem hotel room for a secret encounter that he titled the meeting. The one act drama a production of the entertainment Branch of the Heidelberg Germany Community recreation division features an All military cast. Quot the synopsis for the play made it sound like a clash of titans Quot said the director Steve Doke. Quot two forceful individuals Are put in the same room and they Duke it out. That s what attracted me to it. Quot some people think one act plays can t work because there s not enough Content. There s incredible Content in this show a something that will provoke discussions and arguments among friends and  the play is set in 1965 when according to the conventional Wisdom Malcolm x and King were Miles apart concerning the african american s Pursuit Steve Doke of the american dream. But some historians feel that Malcolm x s philosophy advocating an Eye for an Eye in dealing with racist violence was softening. Malcolm x was literally a marked Man shadowed by the Federal Bureau of investigation and vilified by the nation of islam after breaking from the Black muslims under Elijah Muhammad to form his own Muslim sect. It was this Point in Malcolm x s life a just Days before he was gunned Down while speaking to supporters at the Audubon ballroom in new York City a that serves As the backdrop for this fictional meeting. The combatants in that meeting came from opposite ends of the Black experience. Malcolm a an sex convict had embraced the Black Muslim Faith while in prison. As an islamic minister he preached to inner City Blacks that the White Man had stolen the Black Man from Africa and robbed him of his family his culture religion and name. King like his father was a Southern Baptist preacher. However his was a National pulpit and he became the leading Black voice of non violence in the civil rights struggle. To Malcolm a the White Man was Quot a Devil Quot who could t be trusted. He said the Black Man should protect itself against racist attacks from White America by Quot any Means  10 strip s Magazine March 5, 1992