Comparative Analysis: Gandhi, King, and Malcolm X

In an essay compare and contrast Gandhi leadership, goal and methods to those of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King in the American civil right movement.

1. Introduction

Civil right movement means that public gets a lawful right through democratic protest against their country or colonial country. This movement related human dignity. In order to keep human dignity, many people had fought about a wrong policy. And this combative spirit had occurred anytime, anywhere. The greatest leaders always had existed in the mist of the valuable movements. The most representative case was Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Malcolm x. They had practiced various movements with their own philosophy. Also, they influence many different fields. Especially, three leaders

Gandhi’s father was a governor in India under the rule of British. He also wanted to become governor like his father and have a normal life. However, he underwent racial discrimination of two times when he traveled in South Africa. Then he saw racial discrimination, injustices, and wrong policy. He realized that people must not discrimination against anyone base on race or status. His idea influence different activists. MLK have been pastors for generation. He was a middle level class and attended theological school. During going to school, he read a book Gandhi, he was inspired his ideology. Then he decided on a practice his dream. Actually, when he was young, he played with two white friends. Before going to school, white friends’ father said him did not play their children. Then, MLK realized its meaning in young age. He determined to make equal anybody without discrimination of black and white. Malcolm X was suffered from white people. His family did not settle one state because of racial discrimination. He was murdered when he was six and his mother was entered a mental hospital by judgment of Court when he was thirteen. He had to survive to the last in an extreme atmosphere. He also became aware of differences of white and black. After then, he lived on various lives with drug dealer, prostitution of agent and robber. With wrong behavior, Malcolm X landed up in jail. He came across new religion “Muslim”

He worried black in unfair and discrimination without their right. He hopes they got their right in U.S. He preached his religious concept with realistic ideal. MLK envisioned his plan for achieving his dream. He tried to persuade southern black to purpose of movement through sermon. He encouraged weaken black to be able to self-respect, self-assured and self-protect. For instance, black people followed him in order to get their civil right at Selma of Alabama in U.S. He taught black how to demonstrate without violence also he prepared the violence before it occur. He prepared the civil right movement perfectly. He was trying to attempt protest in the first and marched on Edmund Pettus Bridge. White police suppressed black and there occurred bloody situation. However, black people did not use violence to white people. This scene was broadcast live in U.S. he could get supports as getting trust and then he lead to be more public for the civil right. On the other hand, he caught public with the greatly powerful speech that was a silver tongue. He had charisma. He showed appearance with initiation and drive. When he was a spokesman of Muslim, he expended the nation of Muslim as joining Black people every month. Many black were fascinated by vituperation and daring opinion against white. Because of his powerful speech, everything proceeded in perfect order in his