Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were the two important icons during the Civil Right movements. They probably are the two best known African-American leaders of the last century and are still being mentioned frequently in modern text books and many other news articles. Since their deaths in the 1960s no one has replaced them. They became famous about the same time. They are known as the two greatest men that are alike. They both have the same goal but their methods of accomplishing it are different. Experiencing childhood in totally diverse environments, from childhoods, religions which have blossomed their many beliefs. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X had their incredible points of view about racial discrimination, which shaped
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First of all, childhood is one of the factors that leads to the difference in the methods of leading the civil right movements between the two men. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Georgia, raised in Atlanta, on January 15, 1929 was raised in a comfortable middle-class in a well-educated family. His father is a southern Baptist preacher, therefore Martin Luther King also decided that was also going to be his path. King’s educational path was pretty much sorted out. He excelled as a student, received a Ph. D. in philosophy. On the other hand, Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925. Malcolm X childhood was in a total different atmosphere than King’s. Shortly after he was born, Ku Klux Klan members tried to burn his whole family’s house to ashes. His father, with the problem of his with whites, the house was really burned down to the ground by a white-supremacist organization. Few years not so long after that, his father was murdered by whites because of the fact that they didn’t like …show more content…
For Malcolm X, he was a Muslim. During his suffering childhood, he was involved in many things from selling dope to running numbers. His crime life was done after he was sentenced a ten-year jail. And during the time he was staying in prison, he was under the influence of Muslims. He was taught to see that whites were all evil. Malcolm also gave away his last name “Little” as the Muslims told him that his name was given by the slave masters; he actually changed his last name to “X”. The Muslims also taught X to be proud of his skin and not to worship the blond-hair and blue-eyed Jesus that are not African-American. On the other hand, Martin Luther King, Jr., the son of a respected Baptist minister, followed his father he also has a strong faith in God since his family is Christian. Religions and their backgrounds of growing up have greatly affected the two great men's philosophies a lot. They both had the same goal but their methods of delivering and achieving their goal is completely different. Growing up in peace, having a comfortable life, never get to really know the feeling of loss before, Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't feel the need of using violence in his movement of rescuing the African American race. King’s way of thinking is to unite people together, which is blacks and whites to live in harmony without any discrimination. That is, in my opinion, also why violence is not
First of all, childhood is one of the factors that leads to the difference in the methods of leading the civil right movements between the two men. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Georgia, raised in Atlanta, on January 15, 1929 was raised in a comfortable middle-class in a well-educated family. His father is a southern Baptist preacher, therefore Martin Luther King also decided that was also going to be his path. King’s educational path was pretty much sorted out. He excelled as a student, received a Ph. D. in philosophy. On the other hand, Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925. Malcolm X childhood was in a total different atmosphere than King’s. Shortly after he was born, Ku Klux Klan members tried to burn his whole family’s house to ashes. His father, with the problem of his with whites, the house was really burned down to the ground by a white-supremacist organization. Few years not so long after that, his father was murdered by whites because of the fact that they didn’t like …show more content…
For Malcolm X, he was a Muslim. During his suffering childhood, he was involved in many things from selling dope to running numbers. His crime life was done after he was sentenced a ten-year jail. And during the time he was staying in prison, he was under the influence of Muslims. He was taught to see that whites were all evil. Malcolm also gave away his last name “Little” as the Muslims told him that his name was given by the slave masters; he actually changed his last name to “X”. The Muslims also taught X to be proud of his skin and not to worship the blond-hair and blue-eyed Jesus that are not African-American. On the other hand, Martin Luther King, Jr., the son of a respected Baptist minister, followed his father he also has a strong faith in God since his family is Christian. Religions and their backgrounds of growing up have greatly affected the two great men's philosophies a lot. They both had the same goal but their methods of delivering and achieving their goal is completely different. Growing up in peace, having a comfortable life, never get to really know the feeling of loss before, Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't feel the need of using violence in his movement of rescuing the African American race. King’s way of thinking is to unite people together, which is blacks and whites to live in harmony without any discrimination. That is, in my opinion, also why violence is not