Compare And Contrast Martin Luther King Jr And Malcom X

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X are two of the most influential African - American leaders in history despite this, the two have vastly opposing views on positive and negative liberty. Using their noted differences in opinion we will explore what the two leaders would have advised the Cherokee Indians to do in the face of the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act was a law signed into order by the U.S. that gave the government the right to displace Cherokee Indians out of their rightful land east of the Mississippi River to move to the west. This resulted in a multitude of Indians losing their rightfully owned property, and ultimately their lives. Martin Luther King Jr. was an advocate for positive liberty and reforming procedural justice. Dr. King Jr. would have advised the Cherokee Indians to find a middle ground to adjust the terms of the Indian Removal Act. Dr. King Jr.’s devotion to positive liberty and justice is exhibited in his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”. As an advocate for civil disobedience, King ultimately

and Malcom X are two of the most affluential leaders in history their strategies could not be more contrasting. Malcom X was a leader who was much more willing to promote to idea of negative justice. The Cherokee Indians under the leadership of Malcom X would be led to construct an organized revolt against the American government even though it will be bloody. On the contrary Martin Luther King Jr. would lead the Cherokee Indians in an entirely different direction. Dr. King Jr. would instruct the Cherokee to revolt against the American government using organized and peaceful demonstrations. Using positive justice and liberty Martin Luther would peacefully lead and mandate the Cherokee Indians to proceed to follow him. The Indian Removal Act would constitute a hurdle to both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X, but each would restore the situation through positive liberty and negative justice