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
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Martin Luther King and Malcolm X aimed toward a similar goal for blacks. Both wanted it to be realized by blacks and whites than blacks were not inferior to whites in any way. King and El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (The name Malcolm adopted after his visit to Mecca) respectively employed non-violent and aggressive (which is often times termed as violent) methods to achieve the common goal. King is associated with the Civil Rights‚ non-violent‚ passive leader in the struggle. Malcolm X is linked to the Black
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Rights is Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X teamed up? Two very different styles of protesting but they both wanted the same thing. Both devoted to their religion‚ yet again very different back grounds. Both grew up very differently yet have impacted the world in drastic measures still today. So what would have happened if they had teamed up against the same fight? Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a calm‚ inspirational figure in the fight against Civil Rights. Malcolm X‚ a controversial‚ aggressive speaker
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all words that characterize a powerful African American individual‚ Malcolm X. A respected person like Malcolm has paved the way for young black individual to fight for your rights and what you believe in‚ which is why he has become a known person and inspiration to the black community because he believed in something bigger and wanted to show others that it could be achievable. Through the many challenges and obstacles that Malcom X had to face his glory and journey continue to live on not only through
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The civil rights leaders Malcolm X and Martin Luther King JR. in their respective arguments “The Ballot or the bullet” and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” argue the injustice that is segregation. Malcolm X was a Muslim minister who advocated for the civil rights of the African American race that at the time was oppressed. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister who advocated for the same cause but with a peaceful approach. X used his influence to bring about much needed change in the
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The Infamous Detroit Red and the Ever-changing Malcolm X In a time full of zoot suits and whiskey bars‚ it was only natural that a youth would get caught up with the current trends. For Malcolm Little‚ life was all about his "image‚" or what he wanted people to see him as. Throughout his life he spent his time identifying who he really was and what he felt in his heart to be right. Throughout certain periods‚ he allowed outside circumstances to influence the way he felt about things‚ yet
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I’m doing my essay on Malcom X and Julius Caesar. I chose to compare both of these men because they both was a leader except for they was a leader for different things. Both men was assassinated for something they believed in. Julius Caesar was born July 13‚ 100 BC‚ Rome‚ Italy. He was assassinated March 15‚ 44 BC‚ Rome‚ Italy. He was a father of 2 and had 2 sisters. He was a Roman political‚ general‚ and notable author of Latin prose. His stature was enhanced further in 74 BC when he put together
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the greatness to bend history‚ but each of us can work to change a small portion of the…acts [which] will be written in the history of our generation.” Small steps often lead to great changes‚ and so it was with Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and Malcolm X‚ pioneers in the fight for racial equality. These two great leaders had the same goal‚ to achieve racial equality; however‚ they went about achieving that goal with two very different approaches. Dr. King’s message in his “I Have a Dream” speech
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Malcolm X vs Martin Luther King JR During the 1960s African Americans we fighting to gain their equal rights in the United States. Two of the main leaders during the civil rights movement were Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. They both had different approaches toward their same goal of equal rights for African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr’s philosophy made the most sense in the 1960s because of his thoughts towards improving the economy in African American communities‚ his nonviolent approach
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short time before we moved to Crestline. I started school when I was five years old‚ attending Valley of Enchantment Elementary School. While attending Valley of Enchantment I earned two awards for student of the month‚ and another award for literary comprehension. After the third grade it was off to the second Elementary School of the area‚ Lake Gregory Elementary‚ where I started to struggle with getting all of my homework done‚ thus affecting my grades. Three years later and with a quite
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