However, many other factors played a role in the demise of the Parliament such as the fact that they were ill-organised, the lack of popular support and their inability to enforce decisions. Frederick William IV was partially responsible for the failure of the Frankfurt Parliament as he was unwilling to accept the ‘crown from the gutter’. William IV was aware that acceptance of the leadership may lead to war with Austria. Austria had no wish to see a united Germany and wanted to keep it weak and divided in order to dominate. Frederick William shared this view and was unwilling to potentially cause a war with such a powerful state.
He was a man who demanded respect for African-Americans during the Civil Rights movement, and for all working people throughout his career as a Labor organizer. Randolph demand freedom and human rights for all oppressed people. This paper will solely focus on his labor movement and how it paved the way for African Americans today. Asa Philip Randolph, son of a Southern minister, was born on April 15, 1889, at Crescent City, Florida. At a very young age Randolph enjoyed reading; he sensed that education was of vital importance to him.
E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter and was in opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. It also stood against the policies of Booker T. Washington because his views were seen as passive and overly accommodating to white people. The major topic of discussion at the Niagara Movement was full civil liberties, and an end to racial discrimination, and recognition of human brotherhood. This approach was willing to consider a militant approach.
and his philosophy on non violence, Malcom X on the other hand had a completely different view on how to achieve people their rights by supporting violence. For many young African Americans, the need for greater sovereignty from the white majority was on full swing. They took inspiration from Malcom X who was the minister of the Nation of Islam. He captivated listeners with denunciations of whites and demands for black self respect. (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.
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.
These organizations were actually peaceful and nonviolent organization protesting racial inequality. Their nonviolent and peaceful approaches were the strategies that they used during the Civil Right Movement. The NAACP’s legal victories were the most successful in overturning the South’s systems of Jim Crow Laws, but the SCLC and SNCC received more media recognition. Martin Luther King Jr’s, (founder of SCLC) , goal was to coordinate peaceful protests in response to the Jim Crow Laws and the Montgomery Bus Boycott that had taken place in 1955. He had hoped that he could gather a momentum that would extend the support of black churches because black churches played a central role in the Civil Rights Movement.
This was partly inspired by his thoughts of the white religion, “this religion taught the ‘Negro’ that black was a curse. It taught him to hate everything black, including himself” (Hartwell 210). Malcolm believed in non-violence when his adversaries where non-violent against him. Those where his tactics and during the civil rights movement made him a very respectable leader towards African Americans. Malcolm speeches gave his people pride to fight for what they wanted because unlike Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm believed that the only way to get what you want is through
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. Malcolm X approached the situation of White oppression with an absolute Black radical perspective and followed a total separatist agenda. While the civil rights movement fought against racial segregation, Malcolm advocated the complete division of African Americans from white people and claimed that Blacks could take care of themselves if only they were given the opportunity to do so. Malcolm X also staunchly opposed the civil rights movement's strategy of nonviolence as a means of advocating for better treatment. Malcolm did not believe that nonviolent protest or peace marches were not the way to get White America’s attention about the plight of Black America.
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
Zack Ketchum Professor Rodgers Essay #2 27 November 2013 “Upbringing as a factor of King and Malcom X’s Political Ideologies” Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are two of the most well-known American civil rights activists of the 1960’s. Though different, their methods of protest were very important, as both men fought for the end of second-class-citizen treatment of African Americans. Often times, their methods are considered opposites - while King frequently endorsed peaceful methods such as harmless protests and speeches, Malcolm X employed violence in order to demonstrate his discontent and desire for change of the status quo. The issue that arises when one looks to compare the two men and their methods, then, is who was better?