Malcolm X And Martin Luther King Jr

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Both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King jr were, as you said campaigning for Civil Rights, but at first they had very different views. Martin Luther King encouraged equality and integration, whilst Malcolm X advocated black power and was not against using violence to attain it, if nothing else would work-unlike Martin Luther King's more peaceful protest. Martin Luther King was very firm in his beliefs too. They had very different beginnings in life. They were both intelligent, but Malcolm X's dreams of becoming a lawyer were dashed by a teacher, which made him turn to crime. It is interesting to speculate what might have happened if he had continued to pursue his dream of being a lawyer instead of turning to crime. As his time in prison was
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