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Philosophy Of Martin Luther King Jr. Vs. Malcolm X

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During the 1960’s, Martin Luther King Jr. had the best philosophy compared to his counterpart, Malcolm X. They both have different methods of solving racism and having civil rights for black Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to solve racism and to have civil rights peacefully and nonviolently. Malcolm X on the other hand, wanted to solve racism and to have civil rights by any means necessary. Between Martin Luther King Jr. or Malcolm X, which has the best philosophy? One reason that Martin Luther King Jr. philosophy was better for the 1960’s is that racism was solved peacefully. A peaceful method was the march on washington. This event is one of the most important events because this event is when Martin Luther King Jr. gave the “I have a dream” speech. Another method for solving this issue was the freedom rights. Freedom rights is the event caused by black and white Americans civil rights activists who rode buses into segregated parts of the United States to challenge the nonenforcement. This is significant because Martin Luther King Jr. philosophy worked peacefully. Another reason that Martin Luther King Jr. …show more content…

side is far stronger because Martin Luther King Jr. ways are peaceful. One example on how the two wanted to solve a problem, Malcolm X suggest that white people are the rude people so they should be apart from black Americans while Martin Luther King Jr. asserts that they will continue to move forward no matter how difficult because they want to end segregation. Another example on they wanted to solve a issue, Malcolm X claimed that black and white Americans should be separate so they can help their own communities which would be helping both of them even though Martin Luther King Jr. wanted both white and black Americans to be together because they will be stronger and better together. This shows that both of the philosophers had different methods and ways of solving

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