Young, proud, and bold, these were the adjectives that were used to describe Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X, the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. However, these were also the only similarities that these two shared, because while Martin, a role model who believed in Gandhi, led his people with love and the thought of non-violence in both political and social aspects, Malcolm was a man of the streets, who believed in Allah and tried to advocate changing America by any means necessary. With that being said, both achieved dramatic success in their career, as Martin’s S.C.L.C. soon became a toon for African Americans to voice their opinions while Malcolm’s O.A.A.U. became a powerful political force in a just a short period of time. In
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To point out, the Basic Unity Program of the OAAU, which was founded by Malcolm X, said,“The organization will devise original educational methods and procedures...We encourage Afro-Americans themselves to establish educational workshops, liberation schools and childcare centers in Afro-American communities”. Furthermore, written in The Last Years of Malcolm X: Evolution of a Revolutionary by George Breitman in 1967, it said that,“ We have to learn how to own and operate the businesses...We have to learn the importance of spending money...We have to learn how to control his own economy”. These evidences show that first of all, Malcolm was all about his people, all about his race, and all about the safety and the evolution of them. Also, it also proves that Malcolm fought so that his kids would have a better future, that they would have the best education that they could have. With this in mind, remembered that Martin’s philosophy was all about the sacrifices that people would make to have a better life, meaning that Martin willing to lose people to reach his goals while Malcolm tried his best to reduce the casualty to its minimum to reach his goals. In brief, Malcolm’s philosophy suited the time best because it was all about his people, all about their benefits, not about
To point out, the Basic Unity Program of the OAAU, which was founded by Malcolm X, said,“The organization will devise original educational methods and procedures...We encourage Afro-Americans themselves to establish educational workshops, liberation schools and childcare centers in Afro-American communities”. Furthermore, written in The Last Years of Malcolm X: Evolution of a Revolutionary by George Breitman in 1967, it said that,“ We have to learn how to own and operate the businesses...We have to learn the importance of spending money...We have to learn how to control his own economy”. These evidences show that first of all, Malcolm was all about his people, all about his race, and all about the safety and the evolution of them. Also, it also proves that Malcolm fought so that his kids would have a better future, that they would have the best education that they could have. With this in mind, remembered that Martin’s philosophy was all about the sacrifices that people would make to have a better life, meaning that Martin willing to lose people to reach his goals while Malcolm tried his best to reduce the casualty to its minimum to reach his goals. In brief, Malcolm’s philosophy suited the time best because it was all about his people, all about their benefits, not about