Violence and The Views of Malcolm X

Malcolm X used violence as a way to get more black rights and to hopefully lead up to black supremacy. Dr. Martin L King Jr used non violence protesting as a way to symbol that people standing up for their rights are not wrong or barbaric, but the people who are stopping these nonviolent protests look bad because there is no physical harm being done. Malcolm X states, “This is why I say it’s the ballot or the bullet. It’s liberty or it’s death” (The Ballot or the Bullet). This describes Malcolm X warning that if black people are not allowed suffrage and other rights, then there is going to be violence and death involved to have those rights granted. Malcolm X is showing that he is not afraid to have a violent revolution if there has to be one. Dr. King however states, “We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must ride to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force” (I Have A Dream). Martin Luther King Jr is trying to persuade others that a violent protest will only hurt, not help in getting equality and that a peaceful, powerful protest will ensure smoother integration and peace. Dr. King is promoting the opposite of Malcolm X by saying peace is power whereas Malcolm X is trying to bring forth the

His views on black rights often clashed with other Black rights activist such as Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King was focused on equality and finding the goodness of man and the hope that we could live equally. Malcom’s views sometimes took on an aggressive tone. Understandably so, giving his background. All Malcom knew of race, was the anger and hatred that it brought with it. Which made him at first, have the notion of not wanting anything to do with White America. Even going as far as doing anything necessary to complete the separation from them. In order to have a separate but equal Black

Sometimes, violence occurs for change, Malcolm X did what he had to in order to get his point across even if that meant the death of innocent people. He didn’t like the society he was living in, although he did what he could to create change even when it was wrong and illegal. “Malcolm X exhorted blacks to cast off the shackles of racism ‘by any means necessary,’ including violence. ‘You don't have a peaceful revolution. You don't have a turn-the-cheek revolution,’ he said.

Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, had a tight connection to racism and discrimination at a very young age and grew up with it his whole life. It is because of all the hardships and struggles he went through that built the foundation on which his passion for civil rights stood upon. He had a love for knowledge and wisdom. Despite his troublesome family issues, Malcolm was a great student in school and continued to seek out facts through his entire civil rights movement. This is especially displayed when he shifted his views after researching further into what he was teaching. Malcolm X is considered a hero in American history because of his experienced past, his motivational speeches, and his love for knowledge.

Malcolm X states that nonviolence is only taught to black people. He doesn’t favor violence but he thinks blacks should at least protect themselves if attacked by a racist. He also gives an example of KKK and states why don’t people go to the group and teach them nonviolence. The main idea is that black people should protect themselves when attacked by a racist. Malcolm’s philosophy doesn’t make sense for America because if blacks try to fight back, it is more likely that it would encourage whites and kill even more blacks.

The impetus for the development for this major work arose from the varied and largely, colorful interpretations of Malcolm X. The differences seem to have arisen from scholars and historians use and understanding of many different and varied sources and most important, their own perspective of the events as they unfolded. How historians approached Malcolm X is of paramount importance to future historians and more importantly, to the study of history. Principally, these differences of thought and perspective are greatly determined by the writer's context, which in turn is at the core of the focus question, concerning the historiographical issue whether each generation writes the same history in a new way. Furthermore the purpose of

Malcom thought Martin was taking the easy way and it would never work. Martin wanted to solve things with peace and words, but Malcom wanted to fight and to go the hard way around. In "Malcom X: By Any Means Necessary" the author also says," He attacked racism with the biting tone of the absolute cynic, vowing to attain freedom by any means necessary" and that differs from Martin Luther King Jr. because in an interview, "Martin Luther King Malcom X the debate", he said,"Were in non violence means that you do resist in a very strong and determined matter." He wanted every person to love every other person and he new that violence wouldn't get that. Malcom thought peace was weak compared to Martin who thought violence was a dangerously bad ideas. They both would end up at the same solution but getting there they lacked of friendship and

On the issue of Violence, Malcolm X’s philosophy made the most sense for America in the 1960s. Martin Luther King believed that nonviolence was the only option for black people in the Civil Rights movement (Document L). He believed that blacks should endure the violence from whites

Malcolm X responds to this claim and shifts the narrative to explain his views, by stating “I am for violence if non-violence means we continue postponing a solution... If it must take violence to get a black man his human rights in this country, I’m for violence.” Malcolm X states that he isn’t promoting senseless acts of violence. He only advocates for violence if it is absolutely necessary. By suggesting that the media’s claims about him are false, the audience can infer that X’s views on violence are actually more reasonable.

During the civil rights movement, the people (African American) and theirs leaders use different methods or approaches to achieve their goal, but I will focus on DR Martin Luther King JR and Malcolm X philosophies towards the “role of violence”. DR King and Malcolm X are two black men living in America when black people are treated and considered inferior human race. They are actually second class citizens in their own country. Although Dr King and Malcolm X goals are the same, but their method or approach towards achieving it are drastically different. Dr King believed that to work against injustice, one must develop a nonviolent frame of mind to achieve that because differences cannot be settled through violence. I think that

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

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

It’s shown in the statistics, Martin Luther King was more successful due to his theory of nonviolent protest, which were more effective than violent ones which Malcolm used. When there is violence involved and possible death of innocent people, then the protest seem to be more terrorizing than a protest. Nonviolence protest allows for there to be no bloodshed and just peace between the groups. This also allows for people to like the nonviolent protesters more than the violent ones because no one is getting hurt from it.

"My life has always been one of changes" (436). Malcolm X, throughout his life, was one of the most influential, and quite possibly the most effective, civil rights activists of the twentieth century. His "radical" ideas and views were widely sought after from the oppressed African-American population in the 1950s and 60s. The changes he underwent throughout his life affected his views of a racist America and inspired him to lead a dedicated life preaching, what he thought to be, the only method of promoting change in the hearts and minds of every citizen in the United States; nonviolence. The issue of violence loomed large in Malcolm X's rhetoric. In his speech's and public appearances he refused to repudiate violence, realizing that

believed in the racial and ethnic equality of all people, he protested in a nonviolent and peaceful way and formed his protests after Mahatma Gandhi, who worked for social change without using violence. Malcolm X offered a different perspective by advocating for and encouraging a separate black community to be established. Malcolm X promoted violence rather than nonviolence as a tool for self-defense and encouraged separation rather than integration. While Martin Luther King, Jr. preached of equality and a dream that all ethnicities would live together in harmony, Malcolm X personified the philosophy of “Black Power” and black self-determination, and promoted an adamant belief in the evils of the white man and white America. Malcolm X also, advocated for black supremacy and lived by the phrase “by any means necessary.” Martin Luther King, Jr. used nonviolent tactics with the influence of Jesus Christ teachings such as “turning the other cheek” even when presented with violence and physical harm. Malcolm X spoke to reporters about the Black nationalist Movement and the need to establish Black Rifle Clubs. These are only some of their ideas on how they did not always agree on how to go about seeking out a