Compare And Contrast Martin Luther King Jr And Malcom X

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X both had very different solutions that they proposed to resolve the problem of racial tensions in the United States at the time. Even though their perspective and ideas were almost complete opposites, they had some things in common, such as both Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X both backed up their ideas with religion. Despite their differences, both King and Malcom X both wanted to secure equal civil rights for African Americans, even if they had different ways of doing so. Martin Luther King Junior has a nonviolent, peaceful philosophy. King believed that “the aftermath of violence is bitterness” but that the “aftermath of nonviolence is reconciliation and the creation of a beloved community” (Primary