Abraham Lincoln was poor and illiterate as a child, but eventually became educated with hard work and dedication. Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor just like the three generations of his family. Martin Luther King Jr and Abraham Lincoln were civil rights influencers and great leaders. They fought for what they knew was right and motivated other people. These two people had the same idea in making the world a better place. Martin Luther King Jr was a huge supporter and influencer in Civil rights. Martin Luther King didn’t have an easy life to start, or ever.(“The civil rights movement,” n.d.) He was born as Michael Luther King Jr and later changed it to Martin. Martin’s grandfather started the chain of being pastors. King was very smart and hard-working and he graduated at the age of fifteen and went on to Boston college.After his early life he married Coretta Scott and they had two sons and two daughters. Martin also became pastor at the church his father had been at.(“Martin Luther King Jr. - Biography,” n.d.-a) At this point King had been helping to break the bus …show more content…
There early last for very different because Abraham Lincoln was poor and Martin Luther King Jr was not poor. (“Abraham Lincoln,” n.d.-b)Abraham Lincoln was an educated and illiterate for a long time in his early life.(“Martin Luther King Jr. - Biography,” n.d.-d) Martin Luther King Jr. was educated and very smart at a young age. (McPherson, n.d.) They both did many things in their lifetime. Abraham Lincoln was based more on slavery because that was the problem in that time period. Martin Luther King Jr was more on segregation laws since that was the problem. Abraham Lincoln had a harder life than Martin at times. Both had many differences, but were still fighting for the same thing. (“Biography of Dr Martin Luther King | Dr Martin Luther King Biography,”
A comparison of the two leaders can still be made although they existed in different eras; overall Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was more successful than Booker T. Washington in his efforts. Washington supported assimilation into the workforce. This worked to improve the economic status of African Americans but did not do nearly as much as King did to advance African Americans politically and socially. Under Washington's ideals African Americans were not to be doing much of anything to advance themselves socially and politically at that time. They were to pay attention to bringing themselves up economically and to basically accept their social status at the moment and wait for it to change as they become more economically stable. King on the other hand was an extreme supporter of changing things socially and economically. He made many significant changes and inspired many in his lifetime. He made a series of speeches that influenced others to act and organized many protests to support African American liberties.
Comparing Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Martin Luther King and Malcolm X are to diverse individuals with two opposite personalities but both successfully succeeded in achieving freedom and bringing equality to black Americans discriminated against for many years even after the abolishment of slavery. Martin Luther King was born in 1929, in Georgia, Atlanta. Unlike the other black people in the southern states he was different he grew up in well off family who was freely educated a key factor in his personal achievements. During his younger adult years just like his father who was a preacher King decided to work in the Christian church as a Baptist Minster. He idolised Mohandas Karamchand
were both great leaders but used different techniques throughout their lives. Lincoln and King were born almost 100 years apart and choose different careers. Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He grew up in New Salem, Illinois. (1) Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. He grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. (2) Lincoln was a lawyer. (5) While King was a minister like his father was. (2) Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. were both great leaders, but in different ways. Abraham Lincoln won the election into the United States House of Representatives. Also, Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th United States president on March 1861. (1) King was a Baptist who helped African Americans have equal rights. (2) Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. both used pacifism in different ways. Lincoln sent many troops, George McClellan and Robert E. Lee both retreated the Confederate Army. (1) Blacks were treated unfairly, they had separate restrooms and drinking fountains. (4) But, Martin Luther King Jr. taught them to fight with words and not their fists. (6) Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. both helped a lot of people but in different
Despite their disadvantages and slow start, both achieved spectacular accomplishments. Lincoln did not have formal schooling or any type of help on political stages and still rose to become one of the most influential and greatest presidents the world has ever seen. Douglass was a twenty-year slave; escaping in 1837. He was a self-taught man who became educated and the most influential black man in the world during that time.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were very significant during the Civil Rights Movement. Both were excellent speakers and shared one goal but had two different ways of resolving it. Martin Luther King Jr. chose to resolve the issues by using non-violence to create equality amongst all races to accomplish the goal. Malcolm X also wanted to decrease discrimination and get of segregation but by using another tactic to successfully accomplish the similar goal. The backgrounds of both men were one of the main driven forces behind the ways they executed their plans to rise above the various mistreatments. Martin Luther King Jr. was a more pronounced orator, a more refined leader, and overall saw the larger picture than Malcolm X.
Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X were very huge leading figures during the Civil Rights movement. Though they had many differences, they had some similarities. Both men’s fathers were preachers and both men were religious preachers themselves. Dr. King and Malcolm X were around the same age and they were both assassinated. Coincidentally, both men had the same number of children and eventually they had the same ideologies for the Civil Rights Movement. However, Dr. King and Malcolm X were different in ways such as Malcolm X wanted black supremacy and Dr. King wanted equality, Malcolm X saw violence as an option to achieve his goals if peace did not work and Dr. King believed in complete nonviolence, and Malcolm X
Martin Luther King Jr. and Frederick Douglass both were African Americans who were faced with the facts of slavery and the injustice of it all. The difference between the two of them is the fact that one of them and the power and ?freedom? to go out and do something about what they believe is the right way. Mr. Douglass had
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15 , 1929 and died on April 4, 1968. He was born Michael Luther King Jr. but decided to change his name to Martin. Both Martin Luther’s grandfather and father were pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Martin Luther carried on the tradition and served as pastor from 1960-1968 (Nobel Prize, 1). He was a big part of the civil rights movement for his race. In fact he was the most important voice in this movement. Dr. King is know for his nonviolent resistance to overcome injustice. Throughout his life he tried his hardest to make people understand that “all men are created equal”(American
had great influences on the lives of individuals in their own merit. While Martin Luther fought against the church and fought for religious beliefs and righteousness and the teachings of what God stands for, and Martin Luther King Jr. fought for human and social rights as well as equality amongst blacks and whites. Overall I would say their lives had fulfillment to a point and some sort of accomplishment. In modern day society in most schools Martin Luther King Jr’s. life is still being celebrated and what he fought for as somewhat fallen into place even though history is repeating itself with differences arising between blacks and whites again. And Martin Luther’s life is still taught and studied with his theological methods being studied and
Despite both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. actively fighting for freedom and equality during the Civil Rights Movement, both men are not remembered equally. Undeniably, their approaches were different and this resulted in varying outcomes regarding their successes. Indirect action seemed ineffective to Malcolm and he desired changed immediately, which may seem like the most effective route to change, yet Martin Luther King Jr. is famously known for his success achieving freedom. Malcolm X focused on direct action and standing up for the black community while Dr. King wanted to negotiate and was willing to wait for his equality which ultimately allowed him more widespread success.
King Kamehameha and Martin Luther King Jr. [MLK] were very similar and different. King Kamehameha was the first person in Hawaiian history to conquer all the islands. He encouraged trade and also made prices higher on trade items. Kamehameha was also very respectful and prayed to the war god Kukailimoku everyday. MLK was a civil rights leader and fought for African Americans to have freedom. MLK also wanted to have fairness between every skin color. He also had a very famous “I Have A Dream” speech and inspired many people to stand up for what’s right. MLK also led a very famous protest in nineteen-sixty-three that helped stop racial discrimination [March On Washington 2]. This protest was from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial [March On Washington For Jobs And Freedom]. Kamehameha and MLK were effective leaders because they both were very powerful and they pushed the limits.
They had different views but they had a few similarities. One of those being the fact that they both were assassinated because they wanted equal rights. Proving that no matter what happens they will not let go of what's correct. Another similarity is how they both had the same objective, everyone to be treated equally no matter what they look like. They both worked hard and stayed strong even after being punished for speaking their truth. In "Malcom X: By Any Means Necessary" ,a biography about Malcom X, the author says,"And he was a worker. He organized and preached." And in "Encounter with Martin Luther King
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929; He died on April 4, 1968. His original name was Michael Luther King Jr. he changed his name to Martin Luther King. His grandfather started the family long tradition of pastoring of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; His father had served as pastor from 1916 until death. Martin Luther King was co pastoring under his father, he attended segregated public school in Georgia. Graduating high school at the age of 15; He received the B.A. degree in 1940 from More House college, a distinguished negro institution of Atlanta, from which his father and grandfather graduated from. After 3 years of Theological study at Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, he was elected president of a predominantly white senior class. He was awarded B.D. in 195, with a fellowship won at Crozer, he enrolled graduate studies at Boston University. He met his wife Coretta Scott while in Boston, Martin has 2 daughters and 2 Sons. He awarded leadership of the first negro in 1955. His bus boycott lasted for 382 days. On December 1956, After the Supreme Court of the United States declared unconstitutional the laws requiring segregation on buses, and now the road the bus at equals. During these days king was arrested multiple time for the bombing of his house, which also subjected to personal abuse. He engaged as a negro leader, at age 35 he was the youngest man to receive the “Nobel” prize, and on April 14, 1968, while standing on his balcony in Tennessee he was assassinated.
Martin Luther King Jr. was known as a Baptist Minister and also Civil Rights Activist. King, had a huge impact on race relations in the United States around the 1950’s. Martin Luther King Jr. was known for equality and human rights for African Americans. On December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus and was arrested. Therefore, Activists coordinated a bus boycott that had continued for 361 days and elected Martin Luther King Jr. to be the protest leader and also the official spokesman leader.
Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. were two prominent Americans to struggle against racism, discrimination and they too had to suffer quite a lot for Black emancipation. Martin was one of the most famouse an African-American leader and human rights activist who demanded an end to racial discrimination against blacks in 1964. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and was the youngest to hold it. Assassinated on April 4, 1968, and fought for freedom and human rights. Luther was concern to rejected all violence types.