How did Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr differ in their leadership in the Civil Rights Movement?

Answer 1

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are two people on different ends of the scales, with totally different up-bringings.
• King was brought up by a rich black family,with a good education, and a good chance at life. He was a black aristocrat, and a wealthy man.
• Malcolm X was brought up in the 'ghetto', and had to learn to defend himself against racist white children. He was deprived of his father, who was found dead, murdered by a white mob. His mother became mentally ill so he was sent to a foster home.
• Martin Luther King Jr. was an activist during the Civil Rights Movement, who based his ideology on equality for both black people and white people. King wanted integration in society, and worked alongside such Civil Rights groups as the SCLC and CORE
• Malcolm X was an Islamic Civil Rights activist, who became popular in the mid to late 1960's as a member of Nation of Islam. He and the Nation advocated self-defense and the total economic and political independence of Black America. This was in contrast to King's idea of inter-dependence. But in April 1964 he left the Nation of Islam and made a trip to mecca. Malcolm X said the trip allowed him to see Muslims of different races interacting as equals. He came to believe that Islam could be the means by which racial problems could be overcome.
• At times those in power were eager to deal with King for fear of having to contend with Malcolm and the forces he represented. However, though initially favored by those in power, things changed once King opposed the War in Vietnam.

Answer 2

Martin Luther King Jr. advocated peaceful protest, and peaceful civil disobedience.

Malcolm X preached radical black power, that we were to take (violently) what we believed we deserved and not back down.

Martin Luther King was a man of peace wanting the world to be a better place while Malcolm X was far less peaceful in his views. As a consequence, Martin Luther King helped the progress of equality while Malcolm X did far less.

Answer 3

It is been known that Martin Luther was looking for freedom only not Malcolm x who actually was looking for a new community for the black society in fact.

Answer 4

Malcolm X was willing to use violence to get civil rights laws passed.

Answer 5

Because Malcolm x helped raise a library and martin Luther Jr helped out blacks out of racism

Answer 6

x shot peeps by wiping them out