The civil rights movement had many leaders who may have had different ways of trying to solve segregation. One of the most influential and unique leader was Malcolm X. Malcolm X impacted the Civil Rights by being a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks. He was a man who indicted White America in the harshest terms for the crimes against African Americans. Even though he had a different way of ending segregation he still had a positive impact on the civil rights movement. Malcolm X was born on May 19th, 1925 and was assassinated February 21, 1965. Malcolm was a minister, civil rights activist, black nationalist, and Islamic. He was the fourth out eight children born to Louis and Earl little. Growing up life was hard for the Little …show more content…
In 1931 Malcolm X was dead. People believed he was killed by a hate group. And to make matters worse for the Little family. Malcolm X mom was placed in a mental institution and this led to Malcolm and his siblings being separated and placed in foster homes. In 1938 Malcolm X was kicked out of school and sent to a juvenile detention home. He was kind of a bad kid. The Juvenile detention home ran by a white couple treated Malcolm X well. In 1939 a year later Malcolm dropped out of school after basically being told that there is really no point for a black child to go to school. This really hurt Malcolm. After dropping out Malcolm went to a life of crime. When Malcolm X was 21 he was sentenced to prison for burglary and encountered the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Black Muslims. Muhammed shared with Malcolm that white men are the devils that black men cannot live with. This stuck with Malcolm. He became a disciple of Muhammed. Six years later Malcolm X was released from prison. Malcolm X was becoming popular in the Muslim community because of his views and Elijah Muhammad felt threatened. Malcolm later left the organization and traveled to Mecca and discovered true Muslims believe in
There were many contributors that made the Black movement so successful, especially the most effective, Martin Luther King Jr. as in contrast to Malcolm X. Both made such a grave and huge impact but with very different strategies to go about it. Martin Luther King Jr. using a peaceful protest approach, meanwhile Malcolm X preferred a violent, political protest. Although both men were striving for a better life for his fellow African American their different approaches to the initial subject had a varied effect which ended up winning one of them a nobel peace prize. Malcolm had his fair share of trying to help, he only made things worse for himself and the things he was trying to strive for. Having become a very influential person and to give
The early backgrounds of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. had a major impact on their goal to achieve equality between all races. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born Michael Luther King in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. He was one of three children born to Martin Luther King Sr., pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, and Alberta King, a former schoolteacher. Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louise Norton Little, was a homemaker who stayed occupied with the family’s eight children.
Traditionally, examination of the black Civil Rights movement focuses on the careers of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Dr. King and Malcolm X had very different ideas on how to solve the racial discrimination in America. Dr. King was an integrationist who used non-violent protest to focus the media on the moral wrongs the dominant white society imposed on blacks. Dr. King believed that exposing the outrages of segregation would force the government to mend the system. Malcolm X was a separationist who believed in fighting back when attacked and advocated that the blacks in this country should take what by all means is rightfully theirs. The white system was corrupt, argued Malcolm X, and blacks should start their own system rather than wait for the white society to internally fix theirs.
Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother Louise Norton Little and his father, Earl Little, had eight children. Earl was an outspoken Baptist minister and supporter of Marcus Garvey. Earl's civil rights activism prompted death threats. In 1929, their Lansing, Michigan home was burned to the ground. Two years later, Earl's body was found lying across the town's trolley tracks. Louise was committed to a mental institution.
Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha Nebraska to parents Reverend Earl Little and Louise Little. Malcolm’s father supported Marcus Garvey who told black people that they would be better off if they
Malcolm was a Black Nationalist leader who was a spokesman for Islam. He moved over to Islam for a while because he was under protection from the people who wanted him dead. Eventually something happened to him. Malcolm was shot in the head February 21, 1965.
His starting point was rocky but trials and mishaps made him into the person he had become. In 1946, at twenty years old X was convicted of burglary and served ten years in jail. On the contrary, going to jail was the best thing for him because he soon meet Elijah Muhammad. Elijah taught X the beliefs and and methods of The Nation of Islam. Malcolm was released early after eight years ,and in no time he started visiting various countries and speaking the style taught by Muhammad. He started to do the Aboriginal black power movement in Australia. He became a minister at a mosque in Boston, Philadelphia, and New york. He was in many debates on radios, newspapers, radio stations, TV programs, and some of the most prestigious schools in the country. These accomplishments were broadcasted to the world and are the reason he was and still is praised for his
The Black Muslims had a different way of seeing things specifically Malcolm X as well. They were considered heavy radicals even more so than Martin Luther King Jr. Many black people even believed his methods to be extreme. Unlike Dr. King (someone who believed in integrating and working on the friendships and bonds between black and white) Malcolm’s perspectives and other plans. He fought for the rights of black people to be able to survive on their own. He was similar to the black panther party and actually had great influence towards them. These perspectives could have made it harder on him because of the fact that they gravely differed from a lot of more known civil rights legends, thus propelling him into a space of danger that even people like Martin Luther King Jr wasn't safe from. Malcolm X's way of life was far from ideal in the eyes of many white and black
Life in America, spanning the entire decade of the 1960’s, categorized itself through rampant racism and discrimination that affected countless citizens. Throughout this time period, segregation created friction between white Americans and those of color. The circumstances constituted a two-sided argument between those who believed in separatism and those who embraced cohesion. Lack of governmental interference caused an uprise of leadership, particularly from people of color. Martin Luther King Jr., for example, preached the advantages of peaceful protest, whereas Malcolm X promoted the power in numbers. Malcolm focused on creating a separate black community, governed by people of color. His religion created a foundation for the rest
Malcolm X, born Malcom Little, was a human rights activists and American Muslim minister who was greatly revered for his preaching about black rights and criticism about the civil rights movement. Malcolm had very troubled beginnings with his mother’s descent into insanity following the tragic murder of his father by racists; as a result Malcolm was separated from his siblings and orphaned at a young age. Malcolm dropped out of school and eventually plunged head first into the life of a thug, participating in, dealing drugs, pimping, and robbery. In 1946 Malcolm returned to Boston and was arrested after committing multiple burglaries and was sentenced to serve an eight to ten year sentence at Charlestown State prison and Norfolk Prison Colony.
Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, one of eight children. His father, Earl Little, was a Baptist preacher who supported Marcus Garvey's Back to Africa movement. When Malcolm was four, the family moved to Lansing, Michigan where Earl tried opening a store while continuing his preaching. But a group of white supremacists calling themselves the Black Legion (a sub-branch of the Ku Klux Klan) became irate to him.
Malcolm X is born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. The Midwest, during that period, was completely full of discrimination and racial violence. Malcolm X’s father, Earl Little was a Baptist preacher and on one day, he was found dead on the trolley tracks in town after a streetcar ran over him. In spite of the police report that Earl's death was an accident, Malcolm strongly believed that his father was killed by the Black Legion.
Malcolm X was known by many different names. The first Malcolm Little, his birth name, and who identified with a young man growing up in America would fuel his passion for racial politics. From the jump, Malcolm had the cards placed against him. His father Earl Little “was a Baptist minister” and “a dedicated organizer for Marcus Garvey’s U.NI.I.A.” (pg. 1). It was along with this that the Ku Klux Klan was intimidating Earl Little and his family and the subsequent “alleged” murder of Earl Little by the Black Legion, that Malcolm’s life took a turn for the worst. His mother Louise had a nervous breakdown and was institutionalized which led to Malcolm and his siblings becomes wards of the state. Given he’s grew up without the guidance or protection of parents he started getting into mischief out on the streets. You can even tell from his statement in the book that from an early part in his life he was impatient for things to happen and was more of a go-getter which would later get him into trouble. On page 15, he stated “The more I began to stay away from home and visit people and steal from the stores, the more aggressive I became in my
Malcolm X's life was a life with a lot of conflict and violence in it. Malcolm X was born under the name of Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925. His father was a baptist minister and an outspoken follower of Marcus Garvey, the black nationalist leader of the 1920s who preached that all blacks should leave the US and go back to Africa.
The government passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1965, giving civil rights to all Black Americans .After nearly 10 years of nonviolent protests and marches, ranging from the 1955 to 1956 Montgomery bus boycotts to the student sit-ins of the 1960s and to the huge March on Washington in 1963. Martin Luther King (MLK) was one of the greatest impacts for change the world has ever known. MLK’S leadership and efforts provided the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement (CRM) , which forced American society to end discrimination. Although he did a lot for black , he was not the only reason the Civil Rights Movement was passed, he was the trigger. Several events before this enabled the Civil Rights Movement to be passed.