in the 1950s through the 1960s, there was social and political injustice. There was also racism, but leaders such as Dr. King and Malcome X were both heroes in the civil rights movement. Malcolm X is the leader whose methods and messages work the best.
Malcolm X was a civil rights leader that was good at his job and took it very seriously; he did not like to play games and was straight to the point. In paragraph one, Malcolm X states, " I'm not here to discuss anything we differ about because it time for us to submerge our differences." Malcom X did not like how African Americans were being treated in America, It was a problem and he realized that and knew it needed to change. In relizing this, Malcom X decided to fight for a change for African Americans in America as in paragraph 5 Malcome x stated, “I don't see an American dream I see an American nightmare" Malcolm X would not stop until change happened he did care what it took including violence, Malcolm X would never ask for a fight, but he would never back down from one in paragraph 7 Malcolm X stated “It'll be Molotov cocktails this month hand grenades
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King was also a good leader. Dr. King was quite the opposite of Malcolm X, though he did not like violence and showed people that you do not have to use violence to make a point, Dr. King never used violence in his contribution to the civil rights movement. kept a lot of people safe that is why a lot of people followed and listened to him because they knew there was a less likely chance for them to be harmed or killed while following Dr.king rather than Malcolm X in paragraph 5 Dr. King stated “not a single person has been killed in a non-violent demonstration” and he believed violence was an important part of the problem in America and it kept the races separated as in paragraph 9 Dr.king stated “violence causes more problems than it solves” but then again Malcolm X never asked for a fight he was just brought into one and never backed down from