Martin Luther King Jr Accomplishments

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In the 1950’s and 1960's, many Blacks were tired of America's injustice and decided to do something. The immediate consequence was the Civil Rights Movement. The main goal of the Civil Rights Movement was to establish equal opportunities, as well as legal rights. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X were two outstanding African-Americans throughout history. They fought for the people, but in different ways. Many of their many beliefs probably were developed from the households they came from and how they grew up. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in a middle-class family and was well educated. While, Malcolm X grew up in Nebraska, whose dad was a preacher. Due to his dad’s Civil Rights activism, the family was …show more content…

and Malcolm X. The March on Washington took place on August 28, 1963. More than 20,000 people, black and white, came to march to the Lincoln memorial in Washington D.C. This peaceful march happened to be one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s greatest accomplishments throughout his life with the main purpose of forcing civil rights legislation and establishing job equality for everyone. The highlight of the march was King’s speech in which he continually stated, “I have a dream…” This event made him the face of the Civil Rights Movement, his speech “I Have a Dream” became a slogan for equality and freedom. Even in a time of violence, King would never act out. King wanted all the races to come together and quit violence. Malcolm X had a different outlook regarding the march. He felt that Blacks should be more concerned with helping each other, and he did not agree with what King had to say. He felt that King’s dream was not a dream but a nightmare. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X both wanted equal right for African-Americans, they just went down in two different ways to get their goals. Martin Luther King Jr. was non-violent, passive resistant Protestant, while Malcolm X’s approach to Civil Rights was violent. He was always suspicious of white people and was ready to use “By any Means Necessary” to achieve his goals in equality. The Civil

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