The criticism Dr. King received for these stances was fierce, and media coverage even among the outlets that had given sympathetic perspectives on the Civil Rights marches in the South began to echo the J. Edgar Hoover accusations that Dr. King was a Communist and subversive.

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Malcolm X is depicted as telling Dr. King that “It didnt cost this country to integrate the lunch counters”

One article attributed that insight to MLK :  “It didn’t cost the nation one penny to integrate lunch counters. It didn’t cost the nation one penny to guarantee the right to vote. The problems that we are facing today will cost the nation billions of dollars.”

To hear an excerpt of an MLK speech where  these occur,  click the play button when it appears HERE>  (from    )

the audio link (the play button above) from publicradio.org  has MLK indeed saying that,  which isn’t to say that MalcolmX didnt give him the idea for that.