The people involved in the civil rights movement fought for their beliefs in social justice and equality for all, regardless of race. Martin Luther King Jr. preached about nonviolence resistance against those who opposed the movement and pleaded for equality among blacks and whites. Another figure, Rosa Parks, fought for her right by refusing to give up her seat for a white person. However, Malcolm X, a black figure in the civil rights movement, was a minister who spoke for the blacks and believed in violence unlike King. Even though Malcolm X was seen as one of the most important leader for the blacks in the civil rights movement, his methods and ideas were considered unjust by turning the hatred towards the white society and labeling the whites as “the devil.” (Source E) …show more content…
Because of this, Malcolm X urged his followers to show pride in their skin color and to think themselves as “better than the white man.” (Source E) He also created his own famous slogan, which is “The white man is the devil,” and the blacks strongly believed in this man’s methods of going against the white people by turning their hatred towards the white society. With this being said, Malcolm X preached that the only way that the blacks would feel equal to the white people by forcing themselves to think that “black pride meant black resistance, rebellion, unrestrained and unembarrassed anger.” (Source E) Although Malcolm X recognized the racial issue during the civil rights movement, he preached his methods in an immoral way by convincing the blacks that the white people are the devils, and they need to rebel against them in order to have equality. If this had happened, Malcolm X would have created an unequal society by causing hatred among the blacks and whites, and the problems would not have been