In the 1960's African Americans were treated diffferently, African americans had very little to no rights. African American people were being treated very poorly and differently then how white people were African Americans wanted this to change they wanted everyone to be equal in every way. The speakers that really made a major difference were two African American men named Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm x both of these men made a huge difference in how things were back then and in how things are today. Both of the speakers were trying to change the way African Americans were getting treated. They were also trying to change the way that African Americans were being treated in the work place they wanted for them to be equal in the work place. …show more content…
Martin Luther King also wanted African Americans to stop putting their money into the economy for the boycott along with them quitting their jobs and boycotting them. Malcolm on the other hand wanted for African Americans to start their own business and start from scratch that way no one could tell them what to do nor could they take it away from them they would be starting fresh. Malcolm wanted it done a certain way and if that certain way led to a little violent he didn't care he was just trying to get them to where they could run their own business and start new and fresh. Malcom wanted us to spend more money in your own community instead of someone else that way the money we spent would go towards our own community and not another one. Martin Luther King Jr said "There is nothing quite as effective as a refusal to cooperate economically with the forces and institutions which perpetuate evil in our communities." Malcolm x said in his speach "When you take your money out of the neighborhood in which you live the neighborhood in which you spend your money in becomes wealthier and wealthier and the neighborhood out of which you take your money becomes poorer and