Favorite Photo From the Past

This is one of my favorite photos--something from the 1960s. Growing up, I never knew these two men had ever met. When Dr. King visited Chicago in 1966, he and Elijah Muhammad had a brief meeting. I have never read what they said to one another; the photo just reminds me of unity. Though their philosophies and strategies took them in different directions, they believed in the same freedom for black people. I have the photo framed in my office and visitors often wonder, first, who is the man on the left. If they ask, I tell them. Otherwise I let the photo speak for itself.