Similarities Between Martin Luther King Jr And Malcolm X

Two of the most Influential Civil Rights Movement leaders were known as Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Both of these leaders had different perspectives, actions and arguments. Generally they both fought for the same reason, which is gaining equality and justice in America as a minority. In this essay I will further break down and compare the importance of each one their perspectives, including Peace vs. Violence, while following with Racial Conflict. To begin, in this paragraph I will discuss the perspective similarities and differences of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. To begin, Martin Luther King was a Baptist Minister, who had a dream about given the freedom from the oppressor. In the process of gaining our rightful place …show more content…
We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.” In this sentence Martin Luther King sets the tone of his speech. Non violence protesting is the key to gaining our basic natural rights as African Americans. Violence provokes more violence, which does not lead to the solution we aim for which is justice. Now, on the other hand, Malcolm X, a black muslim nationalist, speaks before us to advocate our goal to gain justice, to gain freedom from the oppressor, as well. Malcolm X beliefs are different, but the goal is the same. As he stated in his speech, “ Were we to come out here discussing religion, we’d have too many differences from the outstart and we could never get together.” Malcolm X believed in speaking up in a different action, he believed that the most effective only way to hold our ground and set forth our expectations, violence is the path. “Today it’s time to stop singing and start swinging. You can’t sing up on freedom, but you can swing up on some freedom.”. As Martin Luther King shared a story about when him and his peers would begin to sing when in hard dangerous times, Malcolm X completely neglected that. Martin Luther King spoke