What do you think the world would be like if they were alive? Three people working towards the same goal, in the same time period with different approaches. Martin Luther King Jr marched and gave speeches to promote confidence and power to his followers. Malcolm X spoke about the nation of islam as his saviour and how blacks should stand together to fight for freedom. Muhammad Ali listened to Malcolm and Elijah Muhammad 's speeches which helped him become an islamic boxer. He fought every powerful boxer he could to show power is earned not given. He fought the military on the draft and stood up for what he believed in. Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali all worked towards equality for african americans.
When he began the fight for equality everything was in shambles ; the world was in the lowest place it could be when it came to human rights but lucky for us Martin Luther King Jr was ready to deal with the worst possible situations and fight back just as hard. “Activists, seeking to change the way things were, found themselves beaten in the train and bus stations, …show more content…
As Cassius Clay arrived Malcolm X immediately noticed him and his brother. When they met Cassius was confident and proud which left an impression on Malcolm X. Soon after Malcolm becomes band from Elijah Muhammad 's group he made his own and one of the first members was Cassius Clay who is now known as Muhammad Ali. “As long as I was yelling: "I am the greatest" and my name was Cassius Clay. "I 'm pretty." The army didn 't want me. Two times they let me off. They whispered: "He 's a little mentally off." They made a way to keep me out of the army. But then they heard I was a Muslim. They said: "That [n*****] ain 't crazy." And they changed the whole draft law just to get me. Understand?”(the black scholar
When he began the fight for equality everything was in shambles ; the world was in the lowest place it could be when it came to human rights but lucky for us Martin Luther King Jr was ready to deal with the worst possible situations and fight back just as hard. “Activists, seeking to change the way things were, found themselves beaten in the train and bus stations, …show more content…
As Cassius Clay arrived Malcolm X immediately noticed him and his brother. When they met Cassius was confident and proud which left an impression on Malcolm X. Soon after Malcolm becomes band from Elijah Muhammad 's group he made his own and one of the first members was Cassius Clay who is now known as Muhammad Ali. “As long as I was yelling: "I am the greatest" and my name was Cassius Clay. "I 'm pretty." The army didn 't want me. Two times they let me off. They whispered: "He 's a little mentally off." They made a way to keep me out of the army. But then they heard I was a Muslim. They said: "That [n*****] ain 't crazy." And they changed the whole draft law just to get me. Understand?”(the black scholar