There were many different methods that were used in the civil rights movement to assure the African-American had equal rights. There were many different strategies that the African Americans tried; the Montgomery bus boycott, the sit-in movement and also the black power movement and Malcolm X contribution to the civil rights movement.
In Montgomery, Alabama Rosa Parks an African-American women who refused to give up her seat on the buss to a white man, as it was required by law that if all the seats were full she had to give it up and stand up. She refused as she thought this rule was unfair and as a result she was arrested and fined. When news got around, the black community joined together to support Rosa Parks by staging a 24-hour boycott,
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The nation of Islam believed in the black power movement. The leader of the nation of Islam was Elijah Muhammed, as they are an organisation in which rejected Christianity as the white mans religion and instead chose to follow Islam. The black power is aimed at receiving self-determination for African Americans. This movement accentuates racial pride to African Americans, as they were not going to beg the white man for equality, they were going to do it on their own. Malcolm X left the nation of Islam and went to a pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, as this changed his outlook on life and the future. He realised during his pilgrimage that all people of all races could come together peacefully rather than use violence. When he returned to the United States, he began to speak not only to African Americans but also to all races. He started his own religious organisation before he went on his pilgrimage to Mecca called ‘the Muslim mosque.’ Malcolm X and the black power movement had a huge impact in the civil rights movement, as it was effective and inspired the majority to stand up for who they are and what they believe