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Abstract
This study explores how Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., were portrayed in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Boston Globe. Drawing on concepts of hegemony and racism, a textual analysis was conducted to examine coverage of each man. Through this framing, Malcolm X was labeled as a deviant while Martin Luther King, Jr., was embraced as a righteous leader. These characterizations reinforced hegemonic power structures while challenging the established “protest paradigm.”
Notes
1Lippmann's (Citation1993) article focuses only on a few quotes from New York Times editorials, and Lentz's (Citation1993) work examines articles in Time magazine. Although rhetoric of speeches delivered by King and Malcolm X has been examined, news coverage of these two men has been largely ignored.
2After a full-page advertisement ran in the Times asking for financial assistance to defend King in court, Montgomery Public Safety Commissioner L. B. Sullivan sued the newspaper for allowing an advertisement to run with false information about the Alabama State Police.