MArtin Luther KIng Jr vs Malcolm X

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The Civil Rights movement was a movement against racial segregation and discrimination in the southern States that became nationally recognized in the middle of the 1950s. Though American slaves were given basic civil rights through the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments of the Constitution, African Americans still had a hard time trying to get federal protection of their newly found rights. A man by the name of Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the American Civil rights Leaders who used nonviolence in order to reach a social change. He used nonviolent resistance to overcome injustice against African Americans like segregation laws. He wasn’t just fighting for the equality of all African American but was also fighting for the equality of all men and women. Malcolm X is another great leader who fought for what he believed in. He was a black activist who, unlike King, promoted a little violence. Malcolm X wanted the nation (African Americans) to become more active in the civil rights protests. Both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. had different methods for gaining civil rights. I believe that Martin Luther King Jr. method was more effective thanMalcolm X methods. In King “’Letter from Birmingham Jail” King defends himself on writing about why he is using nonviolent resistance to racism. Throughout the letter he shows his reasoning using logic, emotion, and ethics. Throughout his life King used this same method to reach how to hundred of thousands of African Americans. In reading the first few paragraphs in the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King Jr shows commitment to all African Americans. He says, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”. In the one sentence King declared that he would fight racial... ... middle of paper ... ...eparated, they wouldn’t have any problems with each other and racial inequality would be no more. The consequence of this separation is that white and blacks wouldn’t be able to communicate with each other resulting in both groups creating separate nations. This separation wouldn’t be possible because it would cause more conflicts like the civil war. King idea of equality for all was a better approach. The integration of whites and blacks was idea that the government was already taking steps towards so it was easier for King to move the nation to one cause. King was able to show the whites the blacks deserve all the rights they have, because they can act in a civil manner to fight for what they think is right when faced in a situation that goes against what they believe. Showing this kind of organization and devotion made it possible for the integration of society.

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