Comparing Malcolm X's Work For The Muslim And Black Community

Although Malcolm X was a tremendous speaker and has done a great amount of work for the Islamic and black community. Malcolm X was often faced with a lot of controversy after his death. Malcolm X was viewed as being an angry Ideologist that wanted to use violence to make a change and state an opinion. He was often misunderstood (‘The press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make a criminal look like he's the victim and make the victim look like he's the criminal.") -- Malcolm X (1964). Malcolm X was very blatant when he spoke and often told news reporters and interviewers exactly how he felt regarding a situation or topic. On the contrary side he was being viewed as promoting violence and revenge. In his interview on March 17,1963, Malcolm X was asked why does his teaching promote hatred and violence. Malcolm X then respond and I quote

The black people of this country have been victims of violence at the hands of the white men f or four hundred years, and following the ignorant Negro preachers we have thought that it was god-like to turn the other cheek to the brute that was brutalizing us. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad is teaching black people in this country that, just as the white man and every other person on this earth has God-given rights, natural rights, civil rights, any kind of rights that you can think of, when it comes to defending himself, black people--we should have the right to defend ourselves also. And, because the Honorable Elijah Muhammad makes black people brave enough, men to defend ourselves no matter what the odds are, the white man runs around here with a doctrine that Mr. Muhammad is advocating violence when he is actually telling negroes to defend themselves against violent