Martin Luther King, Jr. piously gave the speech that if we men don’t do anything about the segregation, that black men will always be treated unequally. “But 100 years later the Negro still not free”. Even if there is the Emancipation of Proclamation that lead slaves to be free there will always be segregation and animosity in the eyes of white men towards black men. This also connects to Malcolm X’s point of standing for equal rights,(“when you come to make a decision, you have to weigh all of what you’ve heard and place it where it belongs”) the main point to Malcolm X’s speech, to think for ourselves to take advantage and fight for ourselves. In fact,
“where you will find yourself fighting your own self”. another important message he was trying to explain through this is for us men to think about our decisions and perspective. He meant that black men spoke of non-violence but they “were” the ones who cause violence against each other. This is hypocritical of their decision and perspective and which is why Malcolm X was trying to persuade them to think for ourselves. MLK believed that everyone should follow the same pursuit of happiness and liberty, instead of having a