Malcolm vs the Daughters
The goal of the Civil Rights Movement was to end the segregation, discrimination, exploitation, and violence that African Americans suffered. Civil disobedience and nonviolent protests drew attention to the inequalities that blacks faced and as a result of these movements legal action was taken such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. It's difficult for anyone to deny the progress the Civil Rights Movement caused but because of differing perspectives and experiences opinions on the actions taken in the movement are diverse. For example, two books about the Civil Rights Movement have differing views while also having similarities in their accounts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Freedom's Daughters both have honest accounts of …show more content…
For example, Olson calls the Freedom Rides a success that, "alerted the world to the extent of racial injustice in the South," and had shifted the focus, "from scattered local movements to a common cause" (Olson 194). Malcolm on the other hand, states that the Freedom Rides are ridiculous and that, "ultra-liberal New York had more integration problems than Mississippi," discrediting what they worked and suffered so much for (X 276). This differing of opinion could be because Malcolm always lived in the North and Olson took accounts from those in the South as well as the North. The March on Washington was another protest that the two books disagreed on. The Autobiography of Malcolm X calls it the "Farce on Washington" and claims that it glossed over the problems instead of dealing with them (X 284, 287). In contrast, Freedom's Daughters thought the march to be a, "tremendous inspiration for the local Southern blacks," and a "glimpse of racial harmony" (Olson 290). While both accounts acknowledge the event their opinions on it are extremely
The goal of the Civil Rights Movement was to end the segregation, discrimination, exploitation, and violence that African Americans suffered. Civil disobedience and nonviolent protests drew attention to the inequalities that blacks faced and as a result of these movements legal action was taken such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. It's difficult for anyone to deny the progress the Civil Rights Movement caused but because of differing perspectives and experiences opinions on the actions taken in the movement are diverse. For example, two books about the Civil Rights Movement have differing views while also having similarities in their accounts. The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Freedom's Daughters both have honest accounts of …show more content…
For example, Olson calls the Freedom Rides a success that, "alerted the world to the extent of racial injustice in the South," and had shifted the focus, "from scattered local movements to a common cause" (Olson 194). Malcolm on the other hand, states that the Freedom Rides are ridiculous and that, "ultra-liberal New York had more integration problems than Mississippi," discrediting what they worked and suffered so much for (X 276). This differing of opinion could be because Malcolm always lived in the North and Olson took accounts from those in the South as well as the North. The March on Washington was another protest that the two books disagreed on. The Autobiography of Malcolm X calls it the "Farce on Washington" and claims that it glossed over the problems instead of dealing with them (X 284, 287). In contrast, Freedom's Daughters thought the march to be a, "tremendous inspiration for the local Southern blacks," and a "glimpse of racial harmony" (Olson 290). While both accounts acknowledge the event their opinions on it are extremely