Malcolm X’s belief that blacks and whites should work separately and independently for racial equality made sense in the 1960s because in that era of racial unrest, blacks could achieve greater gains on their own. Martin Luther King, Jr. thought that the struggle for civil rights should be integrated. In one of his most significant speeches, King said: “I have a dream that one day in the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood” (Doc. B). Although King’s philosophy of peaceful resistance and integration was a valiant attempt to eradicate prejudice, it was less realistic. The existence of racial hate groups targeted at the black community …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr. preached the ideology of integrated schools. King knew that through integration, the Black and White communities would be able to work as one. He believed that any form of integration would be one step closer to his end goal: racial equality. King stated: “Let us march on segregated schools until every vestige of segregation and inferior education becomes a thing of the past” (Document D). Even if integration was achieved, education was still unequal for Blacks. For example: Most Whites would use racial slurs or use physical violence against Black students. Malcolm X preached that Blacks should have an equal education; but not through integration. Malcolm stated: “Procedures which will liberate the minds of our children from the vicious lies and distortions that are fed to us” (Document E). Malcolm believed that only through Non-0integration, Blacks would not have to deal with the violence and unequal education given to them. Black students would be in a safe environment; they would be racially accepted, since the students would be inherently Black. Blacks would also have a fair education where teachers would have no Bias toward racially different students, and the students wouldn't be fed opinions of slavery from their teachers. This was a more logical approach to solve the crisis of racial inequality; it served the Black community as a tool to de-escalate conflict between Whites and