How Did Martin Luther King Impact The Civil Rights Movement

One of King’s most famous quotes in one about injustice “Injustice anywhere is a threat to Justice Everywhere.” What this quote means is that King wanted to eliminate injustice no matter where it was in his goal even though his methods were integration and nonviolence he believed that though these methods justice will come to black people in America. Malcolm X in one of his quotes when talking about his demands that he wanted to take from the white man he said “ We want Justice by any means necessary.” Although this quote highlights his methods of not using nonviolence when black people are confronted with violence this quote also shows that his goal and the goals of his movement was justice for black people in America. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King both believed that the true goal of their own movement was the justice of black people in America and that is one thing that both King and Malcolm X share in

One of the many influential people in American History was Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was a pastor in the Baptist faith, but he also was a leader in the advancement of colored people. During Dr. King’s time, segregation was at an all time high throughout the nation. But Dr. King, didn’t believe in violent protest, instead he insisted non-violent protest was the way to go. Dr. King held multiple speeches in multiple states about civil rights in America, until he reached the national level. On August

“I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.” were once words spoken from a man greatly known in the African American community. This man was Malcolm X. An expressive public speaker, with a charismatic personality, and an untiring organizer, Malcolm X expressed the pent up anger, frustration, and bitterness of African Americans during the major phase of the civil rights movement from 1955 to 1965. Malcolm X spoke of a violent revolution, which would bring about radical change for the black race, while a man with the name of Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out to all people. Martin Luther King Jr. promoted non-violence, civil rights, and the end to racial segregation, while Malcolm X dreamed of a separate

While Martin Luther King Jr was scattering his ideas of peaceful protesting’s in order to spread equality with the whites and to never fight back, Malcolm X was saying the opposite. Malcolm felt that Black people have to fight back in order for them gain their rights and freedoms in America, but only in one condition in which the whites decide to fight first. In one of his speeches he said, “Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery”. He felt it is important to educate the African Americans not to take any kind of hardship from no one, and that they should be educated as well as get involve in businesses. He felt that black people shouldn’t obey to the white people.

Dr. King and Malcolm X strived to achieve equality for blacks under the law, more specifically, voting rights, desegregation, and more representation in government and politics. However, both men differed immensely in their tactics and strategies. For Dr. King, the negotiations could be brought about by the persistence of a nonviolent plan where, the oppressed people’s determination would overcome the will of the oppressor in the hearts and minds of the nation. He firmly believed in the principles of Mahatma Gandhi’s method of nonviolence resistance, which had been successful in driving the British out of India. For example, according to King, one of the resisters, or black mans goals is not to humiliate the opponent, (the white man) but to win his friendship and understanding. Dr. King proposed a passive resistance, based on “the conviction that the universe is on the side of justice” (“Pilgrimage to Non Violence” King, 112). He claimed the center of nonviolence is based on the principle of love, or understanding. Dr. King emphasized that the white man should not be held responsible for the minorities and blacks being oppressed. Here is where the two leaders oppose each other. Malcolm X felt social injustice and racism had endured too long, and it was

Without Martin Luther King, there is no Malcolm X. Without Malcolm X, there is no Martin Luther King. There couldn’t have been one without the other. They were complete opposites; they were two of the most different men. Nevertheless, they were fighting for the same thing. They were fighting for the civil rights of African Americans in a country thought to have been based on “freedom” and “equality”. These two men were brave enough to stand up for what they believed in, for what was right. They were brave enough to take on the weight of the responsibility and burdens they were about endure to make what was wrong, right. Equality and fairness among all types of people. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are probably the two best known African-American leaders of the last century. Since their deaths in the 60’s no one has been able to fill the shoes that these men wore in striving for the civil rights of African Americans. Both men were ministers and also victims of assassination. They became famous around the same time but, they believed in very different styles of going about how they planned on fighting for these rights. King was a peaceful man. He didn’t believe in violence, he hoped for a day where black and white men could one day call one another brothers. Malcolm X wanted African Americans to be able to take control of their own lives, by any means necessary. He was known for having believed that violence could solve problems like these. These two men, although

“Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding”. One of my favorite quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the leading figure in the transcendentalism. Going by what the quote states, one can ask what role does violence even play in life? More specifically what role did it play in the Civil Rights struggle in the South? It’s evident that violence’s purpose in the struggle wasn’t for peace but for something else. Well that’s what it was for Malcolm X, a center figure in the Civil Rights struggle. For Malcolm X, violence was more of a response that anything else. It was a form of self-defense that he could no longer avoid. For Martin Luther King Jr. another center figure just like Malcolm X, violence was something else. For him violence was unnecessary. Violence in the Civil Rights struggle was inevitable for some not only because the segregationist whites were using such methods to assault the black people as well as their homes, but also at that time nonviolence was just another philosophy that some did and others didn’t. Even so violence did play an important role in this movement. Not the violence used by the blacks but instead the methods of violence used by the whites.

Malcolm X and Dr. King faced disunity in violence during the civil rights movement. Dr. King encouraged peaceful protests, and does not see obligation in violence to get a point across. “What is needed is a strategy for change, a tactical program which will bring the Negro into the mainstream of American life as quickly as possible. So far, this has only been offered by the nonviolent movement.” (Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom p.g 3) Dr. King says that nobody should use self-defense if assualted during demonstration. That everyone should assume that there is a risk, and it would be contradicting to retaliate during a peaceful movement. “It is as ridiculous for a Negro to raise the question of self-defense in relation to nonviolence as it is for a soldier on the battlefield to say his is not going to take any risks. He is there because he believes that the freedom of his country is worth the risk of his life. The same is true of the nonviolent demonstrator. He sees the misery of his people so clearly that he volunteers to suffer in their behalf and put an end to their plight.” (Nonviolence: The Only Road to Freedom p.g 4) Malcolm’s attitude to violence is that anyone that is taking what belongs to you like your civil rights and freedom is a criminal. It is under your legal right to claim what is

Malcolm X was essential to the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s. Malcolm felt that Black people in America should do whatever it took to receive the same rights as white people. In his powerful speeches, he told African Americans to fight back when attacked by white people. In one of his speeches he said, “Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if

In the midst of the Great Depression and the Civil Rights Movement, a great leader was born. His name was Michael King, Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born January 15, 1929 in their home in Atlanta, GA. His father and grandfather were both pastors at the Ebenezer Baptist church in Atlanta. When Martin was young, he aspired to be like his father and followed in his footsteps to becoming a minister. Martin attended college when he was 15 years old, and achieved his doctorates degree in Neuroscience from Boston University at 23 years old. Later into Martins life, when he was married, he moved back to Alabama and noticed all the horrifying segregation and racial battles being fought down in the South. Martin spent 16 years leading several civil rights activist groups such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and the Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee. Martin

In the pursuit of social justice and civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Stokely Carmichael, sought to amend a flawed system. To accomplish this task, these men entered the armory and chose to wield nonviolence as their weapon. Their goal: to combat violence with nonviolence, to fight hate with love, and to spread equality through peace. In the end they succeeded. Violence breeds violence, hate breeds hate, it is an ineffective approach and an archaic mean to resolving societies issues. Malcolm X and Carmichael were both extreme individuals but that does not make them violent. They attacked social justice and civil rights passionately and assertively, not violently. The methods used

Introduction In the mid-20th century, White people had priority for the usage of public utilities and schools while Blacks were compelled to use it separately. Every day, Blacks endured discrimination at work and housing as well as being manhandled, lynched and not being able to practice their right to vote. Martin Luther King Jr., an African-American has, therefore, stood up and participated in the battle of civil rights for those that were oppressed in 1955. He understood that there were social problems and fought against these laws and social customs to secure fairness for all Americans ("E-Collaborative for Civic Education", 2017).

Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activist and minister, was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. As a minister’s son, he learned early what segregation meant and knew what he wanted to do about it. He organized protest marches, demonstrations, sit-ins, and worked to pass a law that would give negroes equal treatment. It would give them the right to vote, decent jobs at equal pay, good education, and be able to use public facilities. Martin Luther King Jr. played an important role behind the bus boycotts and marches that led to very important social movements.

“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” Martin Luther King Junior once said. “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” he said. Dr.King had a dream that one day he would “look to a day when people would not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” A point that has been disputed about the Civil Rights is using the “passive unless provoked" and the violent approach, but upon research, it seems clear that the Martin Luther King Junior’s approach to the civil rights movement was most effective, because he was a powerful yet inspirational leader.

I am against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimination. I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color”- ( Malcolm X: biography)