1.) To what extent were the political philosophies of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X different? King and Malcolm X had different views about civil rights. King grew up in the North and was wealthier than most African Americans. During the civil rights movement King followed Mahatma Gandhi's way of peaceful resistance. Even though he was head of the civil rights movement, King never wanted the power. Malcolm X fought for his power. Malcolm X pushed for a separation for the black society and to be able to use violence for self defense.
2.) King is thought of as the father of the Civil Rights Movement. He believed in non-violent civil disobedience. King learned this from Mahatma Ghandi. An example of this type of peaceful resistance
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Malcolm X had no problem using violence. King was famous for using non-violence. The way their lives were when they were younger had an effect on why they went the way they did. Malcolm X grew up disliking whites his whole life because he believed a racist group killed his father. King grew up in a decent neighborhood where the most he got from the white community were threats. King went to college, while Malcolm X never went to college but learned his knowledge in prison and out in the world.
5.) It mattered that the political ideologies of King and Malcolm X were different. Malcolm X is known as the opposite of King. Malcolm X preferred violence and liked the separation of races, unlike King. Even though they respected each other it was not unknown that they did not like each other. King’s political ideologies made him the face of the Civil Rights Movement and won him the Nobel Peace Prize. Malcolm X’s political ideologies made him influential and because, whether good or bad, he made an impression. Many African Americans did not agree with Malcolm X’s way of trying to get rights for them, because of that he had white and African American enemies. Most African Americans preferred King’s nonviolence strategy because it seemed most