The PBS video, “Malcolm and the Civil Rights Movement” is important in showing the varying views of both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. The video makes it well evident that both men were striving for the same end result, which was “defeating white racism and empowering African Americans. However, as the video explains, while both men had the same destination in mind, they both sought different journeys to get there.…
Both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X fought for the African American population to have a voice and allow for African Americans to live their lives, without the constant burden of a racist society. Although, many would argue that this racist society still exists to this day, legally Malcolm X and Martin Luther King achieved their ultimate goal. One one hand, the way in which this purpose was going to be made was very different. King believed in the concept of integration, preaching the need to remain non- violent. On the other hand, Malcolm X taught the slogan ‘by any means necessary.'…
Malcolm x and Martin Luther King Jr. are both powerful leaders. Malcolm X believed in violence and Martin Luther King believed in nonviolence. These two leader shared belief and hopes but they also had their differences. Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925. Malcolm did not believe in nonviolence or advocate integration. (Harold 610) He attracted black people’s attention and was eloquent, passionate, and a courageously out spoken champion of black people and a critic of American racism.…
Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were important figures in Civil Rights and race equality, and both were active in the same time era. However, despite advocating for the same idea (rights for African Americans), Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X had very different ideas on how exactly they would try to establish their ideas and expand their base of followers/supporters. This paper is to define their differences and similarities, while providing some background into both Malcolm X’s and Martin Luther King Jr’s and discussing how the differences in their upbringing may have influenced their ideals in their spokesperson career.…
Malcolm x and Martin Luther King, notorious civil rights leader, became idols to African- American culture and have an immense impact of African-Americans. During this era the movement was established to secure African Americans equal access to and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of U.S. citizenship. African American men and women, along with whites, organized and led the movement at national and local levels. They pursued their goals through legal means, negotiations, petitions, and violent protest demonstrations. The backgrounds of both men were largely responsible for their approach to American racism and the civil right movement. Malcolm x and Martin Luther King both had different approaches; Martin Luther King Jr., the African- America Gandhi, and his supporters, possessed the non-violent ideologies. However, Malcolm x preached his revolutionary attitudes toward Whites. He encouraged Blacks to stand up and fight for their liberation. Both philosophy leaders were effective, but Martin Luther king Jr. was able to get the point across efficiently. For my sources I’ll be using: digital history, ‘Where We Are Going’ Dr Martin Luther King Jr. 1967 book, workers world Malcolm x and the global black struggle Abayomi Azikiwe, and Dr Martin Luther ‘I have a dream’ speech.…
To overcome oppression, Martin Luther King Jr. pursued it with nonviolence, while Malcolm X, believed the only way to achieve freedom was though violence. Both men believed it was imperative that something be done, however their ideas of obtaining freedom were polar opposites. Martin Luther King Jr. always made it a point to argue how violence is immoral and through the use of a number of biblical references to reach his audience he made sure everyone could understand. Malcolm X’s opinion was centered mostly on pointing fingers, blaming someone and Black Nationalism. The contrasted views of these men, alludes to a divided community, either supportive of a peaceful solution or ready to bare arms against the white man to reach integration.…
Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted a more peaceful approach. He hoped that with sit-ins and peace marches to appeal to the ideals of dignity and justice in the white people of the time. To show them the wrong they were doing so that they would want to correct it in themselves out of their own personal honor. Malcolm X on the other hand believed that white people would never give up their power, at least early on in his career as a civil rights leader. He believed they would only give it up if forced to do so, and that meant through militant means. He eventually give this idea up in favor of more peaceful means after finding white Muslims who treated him and other black men as brothers; and black men who treated white people as brothers as well. And with this he began to realize that they could live in peace, and so he switched to a more peaceful style in his protests in the…
During the fifties and sixties, two main figureheads campaigned for equal African American civil rights, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Although both aimed to end the divide of inequality and racism, they went about in leading this change in very different ways. Malcolm X was influenced by his hate of white supremacy and need racial separation, yet equality, through any means necessary. While Martin Luther King Jr was motivated by his want for racial equality and complete integration through peace. Both leaders used public speeches and their faith to influence the public however King focused on success through peaceful protest and civil disobedience, while Malcolm X believed in pushing where it hurt and forcing whites to accept blacks as…
What would the world be like if we didn’t have Malcolm X? The social and economic ravages of Jim Crow era racism were all-encompassing and deep-rooted. Yet like a phoenix rising from the ashes of lynch mobs, debt peonage, residential and labor discrimination, and rape, the black freedom movement raised a collective call of "No More”! Who’s philosophy is better MLK or Malcolm X? Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr., January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs.…
In reading the essay to Malcolm X “My Prison Studies”, Malcolm X has gained a lot of his knowledge in prison through reading the dictionary, and as he began to write out the whole dictionary, and learn more by studying each word, his writing speed began to become better and better, along with his understandings for each word. Bimbi, whom was another inmate in prison, encouraged Malcolm X and gave him a lot of motivation to gain more knowledge and wisdom. Malcolm X copied down each and every word in the dictionary on a writing tablet. Malcolm X also studied and learned of people, places, and events that went on in history. After so many years of learning, Malcolm X was able to pick up a book and read it, being able to understand all the words, which made it easier for him to understand the story whole. In the Norfolk Prison, they have a library that contains shelves filled up with books that has just about every general subject, so Malcolm X spent most of his time reading, writing, and learning of many different subjects.…
King led many protests, but I think the one that made the biggest impact was the Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C. “This march is known as the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation’s capitol.” (Shmuel Ross) Nobody was sure exactly how many showed up, but it was around 250,000 people. This march was held on August 28, 1963. This was also the place where Martin Luther King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. This was Dr. King’s most well known speech in America. In this Speech he starts off by saying that even after 100 years of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, African-Americans still do not have equal rights and are still not free. He also states that in the Declaration of Independence it says that all men, African-American and white, were created equal. He later says that he has a dream that one day African-American and whites will have equal rights, and “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their…
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. His dream was that one day whites and blacks could live together in equality. King and his rhetoric of idealism are what come to mind for most people when they think about the civil rights movement, but there is another famous civil rights leader who had some very different ideas than King. Malcolm X was the leader of the more radical civil rights movement in the early 1960’s. Perhaps no speech better exemplifies X’s stance on civil rights than the “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech of 1964. This speech outlines X’s opinions on integration, African Americans’ role in government and the community,…
Martin Luther King has been known for using peace to help him get equality among all people but especially African-Americans. He was not the type of leader that resorted to violence in order to get the equality that he fought for. King has been known for moving people by the use of his speeches like King’s I Have a Dream and I’ve Been to the Mountaintop speeches. King shows through these speeches that even though he was determined to get equal rights for every African-American, he was only going to stick to subtle, nonviolent ways like court cases, protest, and boycotts. This philosophy is the exact opposite to Malcolm X, another Civil Rights Leader, who thought that African American should not waste their time on protest and boycotts (Document 7). Malcolm, like King, was not in favor of violence but believe that African Americans should by all means use violence to protect themselves when they “attacked by racists” (Document 9). But, Martin Luther King’s philosophy was more beneficial for the African-American community then Malcolm X’s because the effort that he put into his nonviolent philosophy made gaining rights more successful and more meaningful.…
Martin’s early life influenced him to fight for peace in his adult life. After witnessing and experiencing segregation first hand, he took his anger and challenged the law. His long road to equality started by accepting the leading role of the African American civil rights movement. The main thing he was known for during this movement include the march on Washington in 1963. In the course of this march, Martin gave his well-known ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. His speech became well known and even in today’s time people are still studying it. Martin Luther King Jr. can be seen as an important figure for peacebuilding because of the things he was willing to do. Even though he was putting himself into danger, he was still willing to stand up for what he believed in. Martin also did not want to stand up for his beliefs in a violent way. While leading the African American civil rights movement, Martin enforced the idea of nonviolent protests. Which forced viewers to see well respected African Americans being arrested for absurd reasons. Although Martin Luther King Jr. created a more peaceful outlook for African Americans, the world still needs to change. His definition of peace would be having a world of equality and nonviolence. Which in today’s time is not fully met, when riots are occurring and the ‘black lives matter’ movement is being exercised. Even though America still needs…
Accordingly, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X both had individual claims that they presented in their speech. Martin Luther King Jr.’s claim was that, it is time for African Americans to gain their equality, freedom, and civil rights. One example of this is when he said “But one hundred years later the Negro still is not free”. He is saying that though the Emancipation Proclamation was signed years ago we are still not free. Another example is when he stated “Instead of honoring this scared obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked -insufficient funds-”. He is saying that yes America has written laws but coloreds are still not free. Malcolm X’s claim was that he wanted African Americans to exercise their right to vote. Also that if the government didn’t give African Americans equality then they might have to put matters into their own hands and take up the use of arms. One piece of evidence of this is when he says “The political philosophy of Black Nationalism only means that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community”. He is trying to tell the black community to run for office and vote for each other. Another example is when he stated “But you will let anyone come in and take control of the economy of your…