He encouraged black men to find dignity in hard work and to disapprove the illegal world of gambling, drinking, prostitution and drugs. The nation of Islam was very appealing to young black men especially those who came from a world of crime. Another belief of Elijah Muhammad was separatism, he believed that the black people should have their own state and should protect themselves with force against the whites. This belief divided the black people; there were 3 main divisions, the nation of Islam, Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement. Because of this division
(Jacqueline Jones) To his admirers, he was a man who was an audacious advocate for the Civil Rights of African Americans who indicted white American in the harshest of terms (violence) for their crimes against blacks. When he was in the Nation of Islam, he taught black supremacy and actually advocated the separation of blacks and whites which is completely the opposite of what the civil rights movement was about. When he left the association, he became a Sunni Muslim which did not support racism and he was willing to work with civil rights leaders though his philosophy still emphasizing self defense and black
Martin Luther King Martin Luther King was seen as the most influential and significant leader in American history. He played a significant role in the development of America becoming a more tolerant nation, however, his success and influence in believed, by some groups to be nothing but an exaggeration of the truth, although he did help America become the nation that it is today, some believe that it was nothing but a political scam. Martin Luther king was an African-American born in Atlanta in 1929. In Atlanta, African-Americans were singled out and forced into isolation. He was an educated boy who suffered many hardships because of his race and felt as if it was his duty to make a change in society.
Yet, peaceful protests alone could not have achieved such success; factors such as federal intervention played a vital role in the achievement of success also. One example of how peaceful protest led to success in the name of civil rights was the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Starting in 1955 and lasting a whole year it drew attention to the inequalities in Montgomery. This campaign demonstrates the growth of Martin Luther King who represented peaceful protests as a whole, with his famous peaceful philosophy and clever tactics; one of these being creating elaborate protests to draw attention to the issues faced by blacks. The boycott bought 85% of the black community in Montgomery together and led to the establishment of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) by King which continued to campaign for desegregation.
He had made it very clear that he didn’t like Washington’s views on segregation. He also adamantly opposed the idea of biological white superiority and that he supported women’s rights. Dubois also believed that African-Americans should seek liberal arts degrees so that the black community would have prominent leaders. Dubois made his opinions very vocal to get his point across about segregation. While both these men were both great in their own rights, Dubois had things that Washington didn’t.
In the end, one plan is always going to be better when put into action, and in this case I believe that W.E.B. Dubois had the better plan. Both of these men set out to fix poverty and discrimination against blacks in America, but their strategies were radically different. Booker T. Washington felt that the only way to become equals in an unequal society is for blacks to work hard and become something. His idea was that if enough blacks were to become doctors, lawyers, businessman, and become successful in general that they could not be considered anything other than equal.
Kennedy was also very interested in the inequality of minorities in America and canvassed the progression of the civil rights movement in his presidency campaign. However it could be argued that he achieved very little in helping the black Americans move closer to equality and only acted when things had escalated to a dangerous extent. During the
All black everything is not the way to go, both black and white is what should show. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. are the two most well known Civil Rights leaders in America from the 1960’s, but they both had different views of solving the racial problems in America. Malcolm X’s philosophy was to keep segregation, but have a mutual respect between blacks and whites. He also believed in violence if necessary, and seemed to be a radical “Black Power” activist. Martin Luther King Jr. on the other hand took after the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, and believed in nonviolence and boycotting.
The civil rights are part of the human rights around the world. Kings job was to protected people from people that discriminated the black population for years. This iconic person followed nonviolent methods to impacted the country using peaceful theories that he thought were the best to do asking for peace and
He was against the Mexican War declared by American Government, as it was unjust to colonize other nations (United States itself was separated from British colonization through revolution). For this misdeed, he was imprisoned for a night. Although the crimes and the length of imprisonment of Thoreau and King were not same, both shared the same motive. Jacobus has pointed out that both Thoreau and King were willing to suffer for their views, especially with punitive laws denying civil rights to all citizens (King, 211). Socrates, a great philosopher in human history, also had followed the same path of breaking unjust laws.