When talking about Black history, there are two leaders that stand out the most, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. These men were extremely powerful and they brought hope to people in their communities and African Americans across the United States. Both of these men preached the same message about equality for Blacks but their approaches were different and in a sense, conflicting. They both wanted Black people to have strength regardless of what hate was thrown their way and overcome it to make their dreams of equality come true. King and X came from different backgrounds and environments, and their philosophies changed the images of Black America forever. Martin Luther King Jr. believed that everyone was created equally just like it was written the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. In his famous, “I Have a Dream” speech, King exhibited that the constitution ‘…was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”’. In the search to complete this he committed himself to the dignity of all human beings, even to those who considered themselves to be against him, he believed that even they had dignity as human beings worthy of his respect. King took his strength in the belief of equality from his faith in God and his Christian beliefs. He constantly accentuated the point that his followers should love everyone even their enemies and those they should pray for those who persecute them. He also believed in non-violent protests such as freedom marches, speeches, and silent protests. He believed that it was never right to use violence because this does not convey the love of God, only hatred for one another. Even after his home was bombed, his family received threats against their lives, and he himself was even stabbed, he still did not respond by using violence. King learned about of non-violence at college while studying the works of Gandhi at college and was amazed at Gandhi’s strength and how he did not retaliate with violence to make a statement. Gandhi was an important leader in India and his goal was to get rid of the British from his country. He wanted his followers to protest
In spite of the fact that Sherman Alexie, Plato,Frederick Douglass, and Malcolm x, the four experienced childhood in various eras, in various conditions, and at last in various universes. The trio confronted distinctive battles and had diverse victories, yet at last they weren't generally all that extraordinary. In spite of the fact that they experienced childhood in various circumstances they both had similar perspectives on the significance of a training. The considered training to be opportunity and as a feeling of self-esteem and however they accomplished their instruction in various ways they both had a solid will and a solid feeling of self-inspiration.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a brilliant man who preached non-violence to his followers during the fight of equality in deeply
Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. were arguably some of the most important figures in the civil rights era. Malcolm and King had a lot of similar ideas in a way, but also had very different ones.Which is why I believe they shouldn’t be compared as similar to one another. I would like to go over what each of their beliefs and goals were, as well as future goals, and why those two were so important to the movement.
The Civil Rights movement in the 1960’s birthed the most prominent figures in the battle against racism in the United States. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. are immortalized as the men who stood up and spoke out during the most crucial time in US History for African American activism. Though often brought up in the same vein, the two had complete opposite ideology about how to reach equality. Their influence created many prominent groups in the 60s against mistreatment of African Americans, including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). According to the name of this group, they were a nonviolent team of young black activists that stemmed from MLK’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Apparent in their name, they shared the same peaceful approach as MLK, but over time and as the hardships of the movement began to callous the young group they shifted towards the ‘by-any-means-necessary’ approach of Malcolm X. Through the excerpts in “Takin it to the Streets,” one can see the stark difference between Malcolm X’s more aggressive approach, MLK’s loving approach, and the SNCC shifting its views over time but always maintaining a steadfast commitment to the cause and a youthful bravado.
Throughout the Civil Rights Movement, many leaders emerged that captured the attention of the American public. During this period, the leaders' used different tactics in order to achieve change. Of two of the better-known leaders, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., the latter had a more positive influence in the progress of the movement.
Malcom X once said, “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” This quotation means that education is an important thing, and we should prepare for our future. Fredrick Douglass and Malcom X are two different men who write similar aspects. Fredrick Douglass is a slave, and Malcom X is a criminal, both were deprived of obtaining a higher sense of education. They are two activists who grew up to realize the importance of an education, in reading and writing. In Frederick Douglas’s essay “Learning to Read and Write” and Malcolm’s “Learning to Read” one can compare and contrast the analysis both essays.
Comparing Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Martin Luther King and Malcolm X are to diverse individuals with two opposite personalities but both successfully succeeded in achieving freedom and bringing equality to black Americans discriminated against for many years even after the abolishment of slavery. Martin Luther King was born in 1929, in Georgia, Atlanta. Unlike the other black people in the southern states he was different he grew up in well off family who was freely educated a key factor in his personal achievements. During his younger adult years just like his father who was a preacher King decided to work in the Christian church as a Baptist Minster. He idolised Mohandas Karamchand
Introduction Martin Luther King Jr, Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X are among some of the greatest political leaders of the 20th century. Their ideas, although approached using different methods, revolutionised the way in which African Americans and in turn blacks all over the world were perceived by the white race. They were able to gain the support of the people - although there were those who opposed their methods – and achieve a common goal which was to unify blacks and white through an end to segregation and discrimination. The Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King Jr’s involvement Equality and an end to racial segregation have always been a struggle for African Americans, dating all the way back to the 17th century because of the colonial and slave eras. After being freed from slavery during the American Civil War of 1861, new laws were passed that gave African Americans the rights to certain things such as to vote, but this was short lived when the conservative whites regained complete control politically and too away these rights and enforced strict segregation laws.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were both famous people in history who have helped many black people through their Civil Rights protesting against segregation, but both of them had different ways of approaching what they wanted to achieve and succeed in. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a more peaceful approach whilst Malcolm X had a more somewhat ‘violent’ approach, but overall, who offered a more beneficial program of Civil Rights? Everyone has his or her own thoughts, but I believe that Martin Luther King was somewhat more successful than Malcom X.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were very significant during the Civil Rights Movement. Both were excellent speakers and shared one goal but had two different ways of resolving it. Martin Luther King Jr. chose to resolve the issues by using non-violence to create equality amongst all races to accomplish the goal. Malcolm X also wanted to decrease discrimination and get of segregation but by using another tactic to successfully accomplish the similar goal. The backgrounds of both men were one of the main driven forces behind the ways they executed their plans to rise above the various mistreatments. Martin Luther King Jr. was a more pronounced orator, a more refined leader, and overall saw the larger picture than Malcolm X.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were leaders with many followers during the 1960’s Civil Rights movement. They were both ministers that had many people already following them and their number of followers only grew with their ideas and beliefs. Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X had many great ideas on how America should be.While they both led their followers down the path to civil rights they both met their end by the hands of the people who did not want them to continue to make a difference the way they were for African Americans in America. Although Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcolm X both made real changes regarding civil rights, they did not always agree on how to go about seeking out a
Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. were both known as civil right leaders in the 1960’s. Both men had a different perspective on civil rights and how civil rights should be won. Both men also had strong beliefs on religious and followed on through that path in different ways. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X had several differences and several comparisons and had a big impact for the people of The United States.
Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X were very huge leading figures during the Civil Rights movement. Though they had many differences, they had some similarities. Both men’s fathers were preachers and both men were religious preachers themselves. Dr. King and Malcolm X were around the same age and they were both assassinated. Coincidentally, both men had the same number of children and eventually they had the same ideologies for the Civil Rights Movement. However, Dr. King and Malcolm X were different in ways such as Malcolm X wanted black supremacy and Dr. King wanted equality, Malcolm X saw violence as an option to achieve his goals if peace did not work and Dr. King believed in complete nonviolence, and Malcolm X
Powerful movements require powerful leadership. During the 1960s a push for civil rights developed, and African Americans took various positions. Two strong leaders, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X approached the Civil Rights Movement using different methods. Their speeches reflect the disposition of their tactics. In his speech, “I Have a Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr. focuses on applying his non-violent philosophy. On the contrary, Malcolm X projects himself in an aggressive tone reflecting the attitudes of Black Nationalists in “Ballot or the Bullet.” These speakers demonstrate their objectives and tone through their use of diction and syntax.
Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Believed in achieving equality through peaceful demonstrations: “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred” (King, pg.3 ¶.1). He felt that equality had to be gained through honorable, civil ways otherwise those fighting for equality were no better than the slave owners. We can see this best when he says, “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protests to degenerate into physical violence” (King, pg.3 ¶.2). MLK felt that it was in the best interests of all parties for black to integrate into society. A couple of his quotes that show this best are, “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood” (King, pg.4 ¶.6). and “I have a dream that one day in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers” (King, pg.5 ¶.2).