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The Difference Between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were pivotal leaders in the American Civil Rights Movement, both aiming for racial equality but differing in their ideologies. King advocated for non-violent resistance and collaboration between races, while Malcolm X supported black nationalism and militancy, believing in black superiority and self-defense. Despite their contrasting methods, both leaders sought to improve the lives of African Americans and address systemic racism.

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The Difference Between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were pivotal leaders in the American Civil Rights Movement, both aiming for racial equality but differing in their ideologies. King advocated for non-violent resistance and collaboration between races, while Malcolm X supported black nationalism and militancy, believing in black superiority and self-defense. Despite their contrasting methods, both leaders sought to improve the lives of African Americans and address systemic racism.

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The Difference between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X are the two most important leaders of the

American Civil Rights Movement. Although they were dedicated to end racism against

African American people and accomplishing racial equality, their ideologies are different

from each other. The main goal of Martin Luther King was to achieve racial equality through

the collaboration of the both races. Malcolm X, on the other hand, was a supporter of black

supremacy and he was a black nationalist. He fought for black superiority over white people

and he wanted the races to be clearly divided even though he supported civil rights because he

was suspicious about white people and thought that African American people should help

each other only. Martin Luther King believed that non-violent resistant was essential for

achieving racial equality because it would end all racial hatred and violence. On the other

hand, Malcolm X thought that using non-violent methods would take too long to make any

impact and would signify the weakness. He advocated black militancy as both self-defence

and resistance against white aggression because he believed that African American people

should accomplish their goals “by any means necessary.” King also fought against

segregation. His “dream” was for white children and black children to be able to hold their

hands in the future. But this “dream” was a “nightmare” for Malcolm X. He emphasized the

need of maintaining one’s community, both culturally and economically. King worked really

hard to ensure that black children had their rights to attend white-schools in order to have a

better opportunity in “white America.” Malcolm preferred black people to connect to their

culture and learn how to live in “black America.” Even though Martin Luther King and

Malcolm X had different approaches to the civil rights movement, they had similar aims.

Malcolm X’s subjective vision of the world was filled with hatred and desire to take revenge

from the society that he was treated unfairly. Martin Luther King was more focused on the

justice of the world in general.

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