Malcolm X

Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. were men that strove for civil rights despite their different opinions. Malcolm X belonged to the Nation of Islam where whites were thought of as the devil. Martin was a Baptist Minister that worked at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Malcolm had a rough childhood with people in his family dying and going insane. Martin Luther and Malcolm were both taught the ways of Christianity, but Malcolm grew up and became a Muslim while Martin continued being a Baptist

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were both social activist and ministers of their respective religions present in the 1950’s. Dr. Martin Luther King a Baptist minister captivated the attention of many Americans to push an agenda of job equality and freedom. Malcolm X was incarcerated and sentenced to prison. During his sentenced, he became a member of the Nation of Islam. Making various social achievements while making many controversial statements. In this discussion, I will be correlating

Two of the greatest know civil rights speakers in the United States was Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm x. Both of these men had two very different views on what they thought would be the best way for blacks to get equality. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in his main philosophy which was non violent resistance. Martin used the teachings from Ghandi to teach African Americans how to use non violent resistance as a way to earn equality. He also believed that blacks should try to find common

A righteous and amazing individual known as Malcolm X was a man not many people truly know about. Malcolm’s enthusiasm in helping blacks really understand the world they live in and their credence in their society should at the least be welcomed so a correlation can be established and the world can focus on more pressing issues other than race. He was an angry, potent activist and motivated extremist for all the right reasons. In his life he had to overcome many obstacles and triumph over many predicaments

Luther King vs. Malcolm X Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were both black men, fighting for freedom in a white society. However, the word 'fighting' meant different things for each of them. For Malcolm X, it literally means violence, as he believed in 'an eye for an eye'. Martin Luther King, however, believed in peaceful protest, such as the Montgomery Bus Protests. MALCOLM X Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925, Malcolm X was the son

Malcolm X is unjustly viewed as notorious for the fear he caused White America. The controversy he caused was bigger than ever before, and most of his simple actions were skewed and twisted by the media. Malcolm X grew up persecuted by what was America and stayed persecuted as he fought against the systematic oppression that based the way the U.S treated African-Americans. Malcolm X (also known as Malcolm Little or El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) was born May 19th 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born to

Malcolm X You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom. On the afternoon of February 21, 1965, Malcom, an outspoken activist who fought oppression, was assassinated. What led Malcolm X to want to be an activist? "The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti... Cuba - yes Cuba too." Malcolm X was one of the most important

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were leaders with many followers during the 1960’s Civil Rights movement. They were both ministers that had many people already following them and their number of followers only grew with their ideas and beliefs. Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X had many great ideas on how America should be.While they both led their followers down the path to civil rights they both met their end by the hands of the people who did not

Compare the philosophies of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. how their goals for the African American community similar and/or different? How their strategies for reaching those goals similar and/or different? During the past century there were two influential people Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X who grappled with the problem of inequality between black and white people. They both wanted to bring hope to blacks in the US through their powerful, hard-hitting

Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. He was known for being an outspoken activist who was highly vocal about the poor treatment of blacks in the United States. Malcolm X lived from 1925 to 1965 and was involved in one of the most important aspect for equal rights in American history. Malcolm X was known for many of his speeches, but the speech, "The Ballot or the Bullet” was in which he identifies racial inequality. Malcolm X was 39 years old when he delivered