and Malcolm X came from were drastically different. Martin Luther King, Jr. was raised in a Christian household by his father, a pastor, and his mother, a homemaker and associate-pastor. Malcolm X had a very different childhood; his father was killed in what he believed was a racially motivated “accident” and his mother was sent to an insane asylum a few years later, leaving Malcolm and his siblings to be sent to foster homes. Martin Luther King, Jr. grew up and became a Baptist pastor, following in his fathers’ footsteps. Malcolm X converted to Islam while he was still a young adult and never truly stopped hating white people for what he thought they had done to his
and Malcolm X came from were drastically different. Martin Luther King, Jr. was raised in a Christian household by his father, a pastor, and his mother, a homemaker and associate-pastor. Malcolm X had a very different childhood; his father was killed in what he believed was a racially motivated “accident” and his mother was sent to an insane asylum a few years later, leaving Malcolm and his siblings to be sent to foster homes. Martin Luther King, Jr. grew up and became a Baptist pastor, following in his fathers’ footsteps. Malcolm X converted to Islam while he was still a young adult and never truly stopped hating white people for what he thought they had done to his