Similarities Between Malcolm X And Martin Luther King

Two Civil Rights leaders who had the same dream, and a goal they wanted to achieve making equality possible in America. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were both strong leaders, but had different views, religious outlooks, background, and were both assassinated in their prime.

Martin Luther King Jr. grew up in Atlanta Georgia raised by his reverend mother Alberta Williams King, and his reverend father Martin Luther King Sr. The King family lived in a middle-class black section of the largest city in the south of Atlanta Georgia surrounded by lawyers, doctors, teachers, and black business owners. Martin Luther King Jr. was well educated he graduated Booker T. Washington high school at the age of 15 years old and attended college at Morehouse college. In 1948 he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology at Morehouse College, 1951 he attended Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania where he earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree, and in

and Malcolm X both rose in the Civil Rights Movement effecting the United States Martin Luther King emerged as the head of the movement for justice and equality. Malcolm X Became the nations most effective and charismatic leader. Martin Luther King was for non-violent action participating in many marches to raise awareness for social injustice and delivered speeches that are still relevant today the most memorable being his, “I Have a Dream” speech delivered at the Washington Monument in 1963. Malcolm X was for aggressive and violent action Malcolm X wanted blacks to cast off the shackles of racism, “by any means necessary” including violence if needed. In 1964 after coming back from a trip to Mecca he changed his views he believed that anger can blind human vision and peaceful protest was best. Malcolm X became the voice of African Muslims an inspiring speaker who was often quoted by the media his debating talents against white and black opponents helped spread the movement 's