MLK and Malcolm X had different ideas on how the civil rights movement should be handled. MLK wanted to be equal to whites not be segregated and to be free.Malcolm X wanted to be free just like MLK but had different ideas on what to do. MLK’s philosophy was a peaceful way to lead the civil rights movement. He followed the same kind of ideas that Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Malcolm X had a lot of good points that made sense. Such as the fact that he kinda went ff of the universal law or the Golden Rule “Treat upon others as you would like treated to yourself”. He thought that if MLK wanted to preach non violence that was great but until the people who look down on African americans also went through the path of nonviolence. MLK and Malcolm X were raised very differently MLK was raised in a religious household by a father that was a pastor. While Malcolm X was raised on the streets and was into drugs and lived a …show more content…
Everybody in the end dies and no matter what your religion or ethnicity or how smart or strong you are you're you are gonna die. So why not be nice to the people you meet because you never know what there character is like and that is the real underlying feature that goes overlooked in a lot of people. In (document F) they decide that they aren’t going to buy anything from stores that don’t hire African Americans or don’t allow African Americans it worked and African Americans were not allowed to be denied service or a job based solely on the color of their skin. The White Americans lost money which is the main reason that they did what they did. They also did a protest where they didn’t ride on the busses because they made African Americans move to the back of the bus and one lady said no one day and was arrested because of it. In the end just treat everyone with the respect and courtesy that we all
The Civil Rights movement was a movement against racial segregation and discrimination in the southern States that became nationally recognized in the middle of the 1950s. Though American slaves were given basic civil rights through the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments of the Constitution, African Americans still had a hard time trying to get federal protection of their newly found rights. A man by the name of Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the American Civil rights Leaders who used nonviolence in order to reach a social change. He used nonviolent resistance to overcome injustice against African Americans like segregation laws. He wasn’t just fighting for the equality of all African American but was also fighting for the equality of all men and women. Malcolm X is another great leader who fought for what he believed in. He was a black activist who, unlike King, promoted a little violence. Malcolm X wanted the nation (African Americans) to become more active in the civil rights protests. Both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. had different methods for gaining civil rights. I believe that Martin Luther King Jr. method was more effective thanMalcolm X methods. In King “’Letter from Birmingham Jail” King defends himself on writing about why he is using nonviolent resistance to racism. Throughout the letter he shows his reasoning using logic, emotion, and ethics. Throughout his life King used this same method to reach how to hundred of thousands of African Americans.
As I grew up learning to read was something I learned in school, yet for Sherman Alexie and Malcolm X can’t say the same. These two amazing authors taught themselves, at different stages of their lives, to read. In Sherman Alexie’s essay “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” and Malcolm X’s essay “Learning to Read” they both explain the trials and experiences they went through that encouraged them to work to achieve literacy.
On the other hand, Malcolm X believed in the utilization of any denotes indispensable to reach his goals. The one area is the kindred attributes between the two. In fact, one could verbalize that Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were consummate antitheses. Martin Luther King was able to enlighten the world an edification. He showed us that goals can be reached without violence. Although , Malcolm X may have reached his goals, but he engendered nonessential violence along the way.. You may argue that even though Martin Luther King’s protests were halcyon, violence still occurred. The difference in my opinion is that the Hangings and attacks that African Americans faced were out of their control. It was the decision of those that they were protesting against to bellicosity beat them and kill them. Malcolm X on the other hand was many times the initiator of violence. He brought violence to his protests and ergo engendered extra violence, which can be deemed to be nonessential. At the terminus of the day many would favor of the lessons which Martin Luther King Jr uplifted as his decisions and outcomes can influence the decisions of future generations in times of conflict. Malcolm X’s conception of doing anything to reach his goals is not a good representation for future generations as it remotely
They both seem to share the thought that they only way to gain freedom as a slave is to show you will do anything to receive that freedom, but they also shared some different views. In “Liberty, Equality, Power” “When Dr. King rushed to the scene, preaching politics of nonviolence local activists ignored or even ridiculed him” (Murrin 998) and Malcolm X “oftentimes criticized Dr. King’s gradual, nonviolent approach” (Murrin 1000) was a different approach on King’s role in segregation. In Murrin’s text he was portrayed as weak for believing that desegregation would happen with nonviolence. Everyone that was battling to receive freedom seemed to think otherwise that violence was in fact key. This changes the reader’s view on King and how he was not really portrayed as most people know him to be “a hero” for all African Americans. It seems that Murrin believes that Malcolm X made more of a change for African American’s and connected more with them than King
Despite the striking differences of methods between the two civil rights leaders, there were a few similarities between these two leaders. They both believed that blacks suffered from great injustice and prejudice. King felt that all people were affected by the existing injustices that the few were suffering. Malcolm X preferred a more confrontational method of action, but also recognized the fact that blacks had been oppressed for too ...
In contrast, Dr. King believed in the change through nonviolent methods, influenced by Gandhi. He also showed his readiness to work with whites toward social justice. However, X and Dr. King, with their two different ideologies, wanted to attain the same goal, Afro-Americans’ freedom (Malcolm X).
Early in the novel, the unnamed narrator of the novel delivered a high school graduation speech so profound, that his community invited him to deliver another speech to the prominent white members of the community. To the narrator, it appeared to be an excellent opportunity to bring together the African American and white community, with the narrator describing it as “a triumph for [their] whole community.” (Ellison 14). Unfortunately, this is not at all what it was. In fact, the white men blindfolded the narrator as well as the other African Americans present, and forced them to
Have you ever heard that we were united as one nation? Whites and blacks together? Well the truth is we're not amalgamated. The problem with racial segregation is still unsolved to this day. Why, you may ask, some say it's because people will never get along with different races but the truth is that back during the civil rights movement ,that held two civil rights leader, we listened to MLK instead of Malcolm X. MLK and Malcolm X were civil rights leaders who had different philosophies and different followers. The type of followers depends on the type of philosophy. MLK’s philosophy was to take the nonviolent peaceful route which is the philosophy most people took instead of Malcolm X whose philosophy was to take action and maybe ,if necessary, use violence. I would be one of those followers of malcolm x and you should be to because even though he isn't here his philosophy is still to this day forever in motion and can be used if you hear me out. Malcolm x's philosophy is prefered more because of three reasons. First off he's a realist who knew the cost for freedom, secondly he thought the way to help people is to free all not one person, and the last reason is he was a man of action who got things done instead of dream and talk like MLK. Here's my elaboration if you're unsure.
African Americans are fortunate to have leaders who fought for a difference in Black America. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X are two powerful men in particular who brought hope to blacks in the United States. Both preached the same message about Blacks having power and strength in the midst of all the hatred that surrounded them. Even though they shared the same dream of equality for their people, the tactics they implied to make these dreams a reality were very different. The background, environment and philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were largely responsible for the distinctly varying responses to American racism.
MLK would always preach about the nonviolent way being better and this was true because it showed the white moderates that they meant no harm. Whenever violence broke out they would be able to easily tell who was the one who started it. His methods inspired the Cngress of Rational Equality and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to ride a bus throughout the southern states to see if there were any problems and if they had any desegregated buses. In Alabama they encountered a white mob who lit the bus on fire and beat the passengers. This made world news so it started the conversation and encouraged JFK to take action. JFK then started brings up a strong civil rights bill to congress called the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that banned different voting standards for blacks and whites, witheld federal funds from public/provate programs that practiced discrimination, and banned discrimination based on religion,sex,or national origin by employers and unions. MLK's peaceful method was the effective in inspiring change in
The 20th century was a definitive time period for the Black civil rights movement. An era where the status quo was blatant hatred and oppression of African Americans, a time when a black son would watch his father suffer the indignity of being called a “boy” by a young white kid and say nothing in reply but “yes sir”. Where a Black person can be whipped or lynched for anything as little as not getting off the sidewalk when approaching a white person, for looking into their eyes, or worse, “for committing the unpardonable crime of attempting to vote.” In the midst of the racial crises and fight for social equality were Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. who despite their difference in philosophies were “icons of social justice movement both in the United States and around the world” .
Although both of these activists have different solutions and deliver things differently, they both address racism and the injustice the U.S. government performs on daily basis. In addition to this, they are both African Americans who persuading different audiences but are delivering the same content. In MLK’s letter he responds to his clergymen’s criticisms by addressing the racial injustices in Birmingham; while Malcolm X is delivery the same content but his audiences are blacks and whites. Even though they are both striving to declare freedom and are willing to fight for their human rights, MLK is more effective than Malcolm X in fighting against racial
Many times in Hollywood, a movie that intends to portray a novel can leave out key scenes that alter the novel’s message. Leaving out scenes from the novel is mainly do to time limits, however doing so can distort the author’s true purpose of the story. In history, Movies were directed to intentionally leave out scenes that could alter the public’s opinion. This frequently let novel 's main points be swept under the rug. There were times of this at the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, where white Americans were the only ones making movies. Not many African Americans had the opportunity to be involved in the process of major productions. Because racism in To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee, is underplayed in the film, it shows
MLK was trying to bring everyone together instead of keeping the segregation going. He wanted blacks and whites to conform together since segregation had been pushing everyone apart. Since most whites were so prejudice it was much harder to get everyone to join together than MLK thought it was going to be. He not only had a hard time with the whites, but he also had a hard time to get some African Americans to join the movement. Since MLK had chosen a non-violent approach he had so much support. In Dreamer: A Novel King says “We kill each other and cut each other too much!” (Johnson 203). King had a good point when he stated this. Instead of African Americans joining together to fight the segregation, they were busy fighting and killing each other. He wanted to make it very straight forward that the point of this movement is to get blacks and whites to join together. But that cannot be possible until they stopped fighting each
MLK was a Godly man who only desired the God given right to all men to live happy, productive and enriched lives be granted to all people.