Why Is Martin Luther King Jr Effective

Martin Luther King Jr., was the more effective leader of the Civil Rights Movement, which can be shown through his beliefs and the methods he used to achieve equality for African Americans Martin luther King Jr., used his beliefs many methods to achieve equality, a few being his educational, family background and his religious beliefs.

One reason that Martin Luther King Jr., was a better leader was because his education and family background and beliefs. Martin Luther King Jr. was raised by a loving family that raised them to have strong faith in God and to have value in hard work. With the values and beliefs they were raised with, Martin Luther King Jr., pushed throughout his life to success. At a very young age Martin Luther King Jr., would spend a lot of his time at his father’s church singing. Martin Luther King Jr., was a very skilled young man that he had skipped two grade levels in high …show more content…
Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X had completely different strategies. Malcolm X went more towards violence and Martin Luther King Jr., went towards non-violence. Each reaction get’s a different response. Martin Luther King Jr., had played it smart because by being non-violent people will give more of a reaction and be sort of thrown off by the African American’s actions. Martin Luther King Jr., was not only trying to fight for their rights, but also protect them from any harm. Martin Luther King Jr. stated that “ Not a single person has been killed in a non-violent demonstration” (Dr. King). This is showing that Martin Luther King Jr., went towards non-violence because it was a safer approach that would still get people’s attention. Martin Luther King Jr., was trying to not give authorities and white families a reason to harm anyone. Malcolm X on the other hand felt like he needed to physically fight for his rights because he thought that they would not be taken