Malcolm X Vs Mlk Research Paper

From not being recognized as a human, being sold as livestock, to being freed and given back humanity, to be treated as less than what you deserve and are worth, the Civil Rights Movement was a step into change. Wanting to improve the lives of all African- Americans in America, looking for the rights they deserved given to them by the Reconstruction Amendments, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X wanted the same thing. Searching for the same outcome but having two different strategies of getting what they wanted. The use of religion, protests, and violence were a few of the ways that both leaders conducted the civil rights movement. Even though they had different backgrounds and methods , they both had a major part in the improvement of the African- American life.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s, also known as Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., philosophy comes from his influenced background and how he grew up. Dr. King grew up in a put together, and Christian family. Dr.King’s father, Michael King Sr., son of a pastor, who then became a pastor after his father passed. Dr. King grew up in a religious household that supports nonviolence. Being that he was the son of the pastor, he grew up middle class. Dr. King was very educated, he skipped both the ninth …show more content…
King has different methods and opinions on how to reach a similar outcome. Malcolm X thought that Dr. King was a “traitor to the negro people” and had a “wait until you change your mind and then let me up philosophy”(McWhorter). Malcolm didn’t agree with his way of protesting and having children join in the marches, boycotts, and protest, because ‘Real men don’t put their children on the firing line”(McWhorter). Similarly Dr. King was opposed to Malcolm’s thinking and blamed it on his experiences, “Most of us are attracted to things extreme, primarily because of the negative condition we live in.”(McWhorter). Dr.King kept himself distant from Malcolm X, until they met in Washington D.C., in