In the words of Robert F. Kennedy, “Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lots of other, or strikes out against injustice, he sound out a tiny ripple of hope.” Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X sent hope to African-Americans throughout America for racial equality. Although both Civil Rights Leaders wanted to achieve racial equality in the United States, they had two very different approaches on how to do it. Dr. King’s message and tone in his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington in 1963 was one of hope and optimism for the future, and that racial equality can only be gained through integration. He gained this view of integration and optimism as he was growing up. Dr. King was raised in a loving
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King. Malcolm X’s message in his speech during the Harlem Freedom Rally of 1960 was one of segregation rather than integration, and that the U.S. government should give African-Americans land in the South for a separate nation, and billions of dollars for racial damages. During his speech, Malcolm X explained, “Why do we want some land of our own? Because land is essential to freedom. How else can 20 million black people who now constitute a nation in our own right, a NATION WITHIN A NATION, expect to survive forever,” (X 1). He thought that the only way to achieve racial equality was through the creation of an African-American nation that he called “New Afrika”. He also believed that integration would never work, for he did not believe that Caucasians and African-Americans could live together peacefully. Malcolm X’s one in his speech is very pessimistic and angry toward Caucasians and very demanding to the U.S. government. Malcolm X claimed, “If America will repent and do this, God will overlook some of our wicked deeds… but if America refuses to give Mr. Muhammad what God instructed him to ask for… then, like the biblical houses of Egypt and Babylon, God will erase the American government and the entire race that it favors and represents, from this planet… and God will then give the whole earth back to the original owners, the black man,” (X 2). This shows that Malcolm X told the U.S. government that they had to give African-Americans land, or else God will strike down them down. His sentence structure, much unlike Dr. King’s use of compound-complex sentences, involved short simple sentences and lots of yelling. Malcolm X exclaimed during his speech, “WE NEED MORE LAND,” (X 1). He used these type of sentences to express his anger toward Caucasians, and to hype up his followers. Malcolm X’s message, tone, and sentence structure, as was explained, was very different compared to that of Dr.
King. Malcolm X’s message in his speech during the Harlem Freedom Rally of 1960 was one of segregation rather than integration, and that the U.S. government should give African-Americans land in the South for a separate nation, and billions of dollars for racial damages. During his speech, Malcolm X explained, “Why do we want some land of our own? Because land is essential to freedom. How else can 20 million black people who now constitute a nation in our own right, a NATION WITHIN A NATION, expect to survive forever,” (X 1). He thought that the only way to achieve racial equality was through the creation of an African-American nation that he called “New Afrika”. He also believed that integration would never work, for he did not believe that Caucasians and African-Americans could live together peacefully. Malcolm X’s one in his speech is very pessimistic and angry toward Caucasians and very demanding to the U.S. government. Malcolm X claimed, “If America will repent and do this, God will overlook some of our wicked deeds… but if America refuses to give Mr. Muhammad what God instructed him to ask for… then, like the biblical houses of Egypt and Babylon, God will erase the American government and the entire race that it favors and represents, from this planet… and God will then give the whole earth back to the original owners, the black man,” (X 2). This shows that Malcolm X told the U.S. government that they had to give African-Americans land, or else God will strike down them down. His sentence structure, much unlike Dr. King’s use of compound-complex sentences, involved short simple sentences and lots of yelling. Malcolm X exclaimed during his speech, “WE NEED MORE LAND,” (X 1). He used these type of sentences to express his anger toward Caucasians, and to hype up his followers. Malcolm X’s message, tone, and sentence structure, as was explained, was very different compared to that of Dr.