Similarities Between Malcolm X And Martin Luther King

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During the civl rights movement, it was hard for African Americans to find jobs, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr wanted to influance the black community to take a sand over the issue. They both wrote speeches to influance the black community to take a stand, although the speeches differed greatly. Both of their speaches where wrote to benefit the black community, Nevertheless they just had differant ways of doing so, and differant opinions to write about. The speakers both wanted black people to be given fair employment choices.The most compelling evidence that Martin Luther King Jr's speech states “in order to bring about a more just distribution of jobs and opportunities” That statement means, to make employment fair, to make it so that everyone can get jobs, no matter their race. Malcolm X has a differant veiw on what should be done, he wants black people to own businesses and hire other black poeple so the money their spending stays in their community and doesnt go out which should make their community profit."…(W)e have to learn how to own and operate the …show more content…

Martin Luther King Jr's speech is trying to help the black cummunity get jobs by the least violence way possible, like boycotting “Refusal to cooperate economically” Meaning Don’t buy from companies that do things you don’t like. Malcolm X's speech is more about standing up and doing it yourself. His speech is about wanting the black community to learn the importance of owning and operating businesses, with that knowledge they should be able to gain wealth for their own community." …(W)e have to learn how to own and operate the businesses of our community and develop them into some type of industry that will enable us to create employment for the people of our community so that they won't have to constantly be involved in picketing and boycotting other people in other communities in order to get a

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