“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” - Martin Luther King Jr. During the 1960’s there was a great deal of hatred directed towards African Americans by white people, because of their darker skin color. This hatred led to segregation and the ill treatment of African Americans. Many African Americans created what is known as the civil rights movement, which was initiated to fight for African American rights. In this movement there were two men that rose above and took initiative and no longer remained silent about the things that mattered. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were both influential people in the civil rights movement with differentiating values.
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Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr also had disputes on integration of African Americans. In the digital history document it states “ I have a dream that one day on the red gills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaves owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood… I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Martin Luther King Jr feels that African Americans should be able to integrate with the whites, and that no one should care about the colors of people’s skin and we should all just live in a brotherhood. On the other hand Malcolm X feels that this should not be so. As it states in the digital history document “ All we’re saying now is since we’re already divided, the least the government can do is let us control the areas where we live. Let the white people control theirs, let us control ours…” Malcolm X’s point of view is that if African Americans and whites do end up integrating, then just like every time that this has happened before the African Americans will end up being on the bottom, so he thinks that things should just be …show more content…
and Malcom X. Martin Luther King Jr. was completely against the use of violence. In the text it states “... regarding the possibility of casualties to a minority population confronting a well armed, wealthy majority with a fanatical right that would delight in the killing of thousands of black men, women, and children.” Martin Luther King Jr. is saying that with violence comes along with the killing of innocent people, he also says that violence would not do any good because you can’t fight darkness with darkness and win, the only outcome will be more darkness; however you can fight darkness with light, henceforth Martin Luther King Jr. organizing nonviolent protests. As per usual Malcolm X feels a completely different way, as it states in the digital history document “The history of unpublished violence against our people clearly indicates that we must be prepared to defend ourselves or we will continue to be a defenseless people at the mercy of a ruthless and violent racist mob.” Malcolm X express that violence is validated when it is used as self defense, since it states in the constitution that every American has the right to bear arms. He feels that if an African American is being attacked by a white that they should be able to defend
During the time of the civil rights movement …show more content…
Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr also had disputes on integration of African Americans. In the digital history document it states “ I have a dream that one day on the red gills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaves owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood… I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Martin Luther King Jr feels that African Americans should be able to integrate with the whites, and that no one should care about the colors of people’s skin and we should all just live in a brotherhood. On the other hand Malcolm X feels that this should not be so. As it states in the digital history document “ All we’re saying now is since we’re already divided, the least the government can do is let us control the areas where we live. Let the white people control theirs, let us control ours…” Malcolm X’s point of view is that if African Americans and whites do end up integrating, then just like every time that this has happened before the African Americans will end up being on the bottom, so he thinks that things should just be …show more content…
and Malcom X. Martin Luther King Jr. was completely against the use of violence. In the text it states “... regarding the possibility of casualties to a minority population confronting a well armed, wealthy majority with a fanatical right that would delight in the killing of thousands of black men, women, and children.” Martin Luther King Jr. is saying that with violence comes along with the killing of innocent people, he also says that violence would not do any good because you can’t fight darkness with darkness and win, the only outcome will be more darkness; however you can fight darkness with light, henceforth Martin Luther King Jr. organizing nonviolent protests. As per usual Malcolm X feels a completely different way, as it states in the digital history document “The history of unpublished violence against our people clearly indicates that we must be prepared to defend ourselves or we will continue to be a defenseless people at the mercy of a ruthless and violent racist mob.” Malcolm X express that violence is validated when it is used as self defense, since it states in the constitution that every American has the right to bear arms. He feels that if an African American is being attacked by a white that they should be able to defend