Civil rights
Who was the most significant member if the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King or Malcolm X ?
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X where two very different people, with very different views . But were both fighting for the same thing, civil rights.
Martin Luther King was a civil rights activist, also a pacifist he strongly disagreed with any use of violence. Malcolm x on the other hand, believed in violence and criticised Martin luther king's beliefs in non-violent protest, because he thought it wasn't helping anything for the black people and violence would make things happen faster that non-violent protests. Malcolm x had a very violent childhood, which could be the reason he only believed In violent protest rather than Martin believing in non-violent protest for civil rights.
In 1954 the Civil Rights Movement started, the following years after Malcolm X and Martin Luther King himself began there fight for equality. Both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X took part in many major events during the civil rights movement, fighting for civil rights on lunch counters, buses, and all public.
Today both King and Malcolm X are very well known and important , 125 schools and 770 streets are named after Martin Luther King, also in the USA there is a public holiday in his honour. Malcolm X is remembered for inspiring young African Americans who didn't no where to go, and his work towards the development of The Black Power Movement. So can they really be compared ?
In 1955 Martin Luther King was part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, in fact King was the Bus Boycotts president. The Boycott first started when a black African American Woman, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a full Montgomery bus, this led to her being arrested. Martin Luther King started the boycott to desegregate buses.
The Boycott lasted 1 year and changed the life of Martin Luther King, and was the start of equal civil rights, King won over civil rights on segregated buses. This
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X where two very different people, with very different views . But were both fighting for the same thing, civil rights.
Martin Luther King was a civil rights activist, also a pacifist he strongly disagreed with any use of violence. Malcolm x on the other hand, believed in violence and criticised Martin luther king's beliefs in non-violent protest, because he thought it wasn't helping anything for the black people and violence would make things happen faster that non-violent protests. Malcolm x had a very violent childhood, which could be the reason he only believed In violent protest rather than Martin believing in non-violent protest for civil rights.
In 1954 the Civil Rights Movement started, the following years after Malcolm X and Martin Luther King himself began there fight for equality. Both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X took part in many major events during the civil rights movement, fighting for civil rights on lunch counters, buses, and all public.
Today both King and Malcolm X are very well known and important , 125 schools and 770 streets are named after Martin Luther King, also in the USA there is a public holiday in his honour. Malcolm X is remembered for inspiring young African Americans who didn't no where to go, and his work towards the development of The Black Power Movement. So can they really be compared ?
In 1955 Martin Luther King was part of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, in fact King was the Bus Boycotts president. The Boycott first started when a black African American Woman, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a full Montgomery bus, this led to her being arrested. Martin Luther King started the boycott to desegregate buses.
The Boycott lasted 1 year and changed the life of Martin Luther King, and was the start of equal civil rights, King won over civil rights on segregated buses. This