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