Pyae Zone
Ms. DePolo
EN101-01
10/16/2016
Two Different Prophets
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were very prominent African American leaders in history. The two leaders fought for what they believed was right in many different ways. Even though there are beliefs that the two would never agree on many issues, they seemed to have pursued the same goals: fighting to end exploitation, racism, and discrimination against blacks. Both leaders seemed to have been influenced by their parents, particularly by their fathers as well as their attitude towards white people. Importantly, to understand the similarities and differences between the two great Americans, it is important to examine vital areas of their lives including: early life, political and religious ideologies as well as the legacies that they left behind in America and the whole world after their death. Though Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X had a number of differences, like in their backgrounds and opinions on violence, they also had a number of similarities in the goals they pursued as well as what influenced them.
First, both leaders advocated for global consciousness before their death. Even though King was known to be a civil rights leader while Malcolm was a
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In fact, they went through extremely different circumstances early in their lives as well as upbringing. Martin came from a middle-class family, a clerical family that lived in Atlanta, Georgia in the South of the country. For King, adherence to religious beliefs was imbibed from childhood, because of the family that he was born into. In fact, King even revealed that spirituality was his way of life, and it came quite naturally. In his family, love was essential and lovely relationships were instilled. Given his family background, King was able to go all the way in education to attain a PhD. Thereafter, he became an active member of the civil rights movement just like his