Compare And Contrast Malcolm X And Martin Luther King Jr

Martin Luther King Jr. or Malcolm X? What would you do if your race was segregated and abused by whites? Would you use violence or nonviolence? The 1950 and 60’s was a long period of time of major conflict between African Americans and whites in the United States. The upsetting part of the discrimination and disorder started in the Southern states. Civil rights subject became the standard throughout this period. Two of the most important leaders of the civil rights struggle were Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Even though both of these leaders had the same termination outcome in mind, their method, thoughts, and concepts differed. The main contradiction became attached to their desired ness to use or not to use violence to set their

But there has been differences in the methods used by the civil rights leader. Malcolm X background was a large effect in control of the different answers to racism. Malcolm X house was burned down by the KKK, which ended up in the murder of his father. He then was driven by the hatred and desire of peoples to get revenge. He was indecisive of the structured. It is always a descending spiral leading nowhere. It does not solve any problems. Martin Luther King was taking to end segregation. Malcolm X wanted action rather than a nonviolent approach. He believed that the only way to change the situation was to use violence. He also did not allow the unnecessary use of violence as a help of resolvement, but he did not speak out against its use. Malcolm X’s idea of nonviolence shows the eagerness that he felt to bring on an answer to the racism African Americans were facing. He didn’t go out to seek violence, but under some circumstances, he felt African Americans would be justified in revenge. He convinced his followers to press the issue and take the rights that blacks

He brought many of the injustices that blacks suffered to the public's attention and while he did suffer some of the same racism, by and large, Martin Luther King lived a comfortable and well-insulated life, he had a wholesome and supporting family and he attended prestigious schools and obtained a remarkable education, while this was in no way "bad" it clearly sets him apart from the unprivileged masses that he supposedly related to. Malcolm X on the other hand lucidly connects to his race, he underwent all of the difficulties that the everyday black person suffered through, and even spiraled down to the unfortunate life of crime that many young blacks of that era unwittingly found themselves forced into from a sheer lack of reasonable options and opportunities, like thousands of other black families Malcolm also witnessed his family fall apart at the hands of the Klan and society, and yet, he still managed to overcome these apparently insurmountable obstacles and better himself and then attempt to do the same for his race. In short, Malcolm x has endured every possible hardship that the average negro faced in his everyday life, therefore he understands and relates better than most civil rights leaders to the underprivileged black masses and his life and past experiences