Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and Malcolm X were very important to our country’s history. They are revolutionary men. They fought battles against a bigoted nation. They fought for what they believed was right. The two gentlemen however fought very different battles although they seem to be fighting the same prejudice. If you ask anyone today‚ that remembers the movement‚ ‘Who was Malcolm X and Martin Luther King‚ Jr? The opinions
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King‚ Jr. preached about equality and the desire for peaceful protest. Malcolm X promoted black supremacy and rejected the idea of integration. While Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and Malcolm X agreed that black people should not be treated as lower class citizens‚ they were different when it came to continuing segregation because of class rank and the backgrounds they came from. To begin with‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and Malcolm X were similar because they both wanted racial equality. Many people in this
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Racism‚ segregation‚ and Unfair treatment thrive two great leaders to make a difference; Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X. Dr. King used religious background to influence his campaign in civil disobedience influenced by Gandhi’s methods of nonviolence. Whereas Malcolm X wanted to completely split from the white America altogether with the black panther party. However‚ MLK proved to be more appealing through his use of pathos and logos to convey universal togetherness along with non-violent protesting
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Malcolm X did not start out as the leader of a great muslim civil rights movement as we all know of him as today. In fact he started out as a crook primarily due to his mother and father not being around. At the age of 6 Malcolm’s “father went out one evening to collect a debt‚ only to be hit by a streetcar and mortally wounded. Though the authorities ruled his death an accident‚ African-Americans in town believed the Black Legion had beat him and placed him on the tracks to be run over. To this
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leaders of the civil rights movement‚ Malcom x and Martin Luther king could not be further apart in there ways to achieve equality. One of the most controversial topics in the historical movement was the question of integration vs segregation which left both iconic leaders opposed in what should have been a united forward thinking ideological movement. It is argued that‚ Martin Luther king offered a more beneficial program of civil rights as opposed to Malcolm x. In order to define “beneficial” or to set
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The Civil rights movement has been a huge part of history throughout the United States of Americans. Overtime there has been two important individuals who have made a huge impact‚ to justify the freedom for blacks; Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. These superior gentlemen have done great things that have given black people the opportunities that they now have today. Although‚ the question is what makes these honorable men similar and different from each other? Born January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta
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Adolf Hitler vs. Malcolm X: The Infamous Propagandas In the comparison and contrast between the two films‚ Triumph of the Will by Leni Riefenstahl’s and Malcolm X by Spike Lee‚ both films are based on the lives of two notorious leaders. Adolf Hitler‚ founder of the Nazi Party‚ was known to be a great speaker. At the time of the German war‚ many were distraught and his words became something to look up to. Hundreds followed as he began a movement of his political and religious beliefs and
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Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Malcolm X‚ and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s we can deduce the situation in the United States during the sixties. The most important leaders of the Civil Rights movements were Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. They were the representatives of the Afro-American revolt against discrimination and racism. The two leaders shared the same goal but differed in their approaches. Martin Luther King was a moderate leader‚ while Malcom X was considered more “radical
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Can you turn your life around? well ‚ anything is possible‚ there is no task that cannot tremble in defeat. Malcolm X changes that theory‚ In Malcolm X’s biography he describes exactly how he defeats that theory. Malcolm X is an inspirational figure. He changed his life‚ taught himself an education‚ and his amazing message. Malcolm X is an African American who dropped out of school and had little education‚yet‚ he changed his life. He grew up as a hustler with a lack of reading and writing skills
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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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