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.
Why do we know Martin Luther King Junior? And why only him when there were millions of blacks fighting alongside him in the anti-apartheid movement? It is because he chose to never give up on his struggle for civil rights and it is this perseverance that made him a natural leader. Martin Luther knew that the path he chose would be abound with obstacles, including the prospect of being jailed, but despite this he was committed
Martin Luther King Jr. on the other hand, sticks with his father’s Baptist. Even though both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. fought for civil rights, their ideas and approaches were different. Malcolm X believed in using any mean necessary to achieve rights for African Americans. He did not think that white and black should be integrate as he believes that such action lowers the pride of black and the value of their history. King had a different approach.
Great Leaders Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Junior were both African American who fought for equal opportunity for blacks in America, and both were in the civil rights movement, but they had different philosophy of life. Malcolm’s philosophies that violence must be stopped by any means necessary, and King’s philosophy was that in order to stop violence a person must ignore it, and sooner or later the violence will stop. They also had different beliefs Malcolm was a Muslim and King was a Baptist. King and Malcolm were two important figures who made a powerful impact in America during the turbulent 1960. In 1960 there was a lot of separation between the blacks and the whites.
Sacrifice played a big role in changing the status quo during the 1950s and ‘60s. A few courageous individuals stepped up; inspiring others and putting forth their effort for the freedom of blacks, ultimately, legal segregation was ending. Without courageous people, like Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and, the public would have not been inspired to stand up for itself. Martin Luther King had a vision of a society in which race was not an issue in how people were treated or in how they were allowed to live their lives. While nothing is perfect or complete in the battle for civil rights, the efforts of King and those like him have, in fact, changed the country and the world, for the better, in non-violent ways.
While both these men were both great in their own rights, Dubois had things that Washington didn’t. The three most important things that Dubois had that Washington did not were that he was vocal, an accomplished writer, and a very educated man during this time. Through these things Dubois was able to express his views about segregation. While Booker T. Washington’s theories were accepted by some blacks, W.E.B. Dubois’ approach towards segregation and Jim Crow Laws were more effective in the black community.
Upon first glance, one might not see the slight connection between Malcolm X and James Brown. One is an African American Muslim minister, the other is an African American entertainer. While on the surface there is nothing connecting these two men together, I believe there are two distinct similarities that bond these two great men together. First, both men advocated for better treatment and opportunities for African Americans and second, both men commanded the attention of the disenfranchised African American community. Yet, while both Malcolm X and James Brown wanted Black unity, Black pride, and both had a great following, they both had different ideas of how to make the aspiration of true Black unity a reality.
During the period of the civil rights movement, two big figures appeared to move the crowd in the right direction, in the direction to a free world without any segregation in public mediums. To guide this crowd, strength, someone persuasive; a silver-tongue, and with ideals and plans capable to change a society was needed. These two figures were Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Two African Americans fighting and crafting their way to reach equality, but through different perspectives and methods. By considering all their beliefs and ideologies, its plausible to say that both were right and wrong in their ‘techniques’ to achieve the same goal.
In some people's eyes, Malcolm may seem the ignorant between the two great leaders. Furthermore, Malcolm wanted segregation, while Martin wanted to work together which was the favorable thing to do in the long run. This is why so many more people know of the teachings of Martin Luther King. Only, I don’t think Malcolm was fighting for what was more likable to the people. He fought for what he believed in, and he fought until the end.
His story gave many African Americans hope. All could see that he rose out of the shadows of nothing so why couldn’t they do the same? All black men, women, and children came together to overcome one thing; racism. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. were a significant peace to the puzzle because they had the power to unite people into one cause. Without these men’s ideas of non-violence retaliation the black race would not have been seen as the victim, instead the problem.