compare and contrast Malcolmx and Martin luther

Malcolm and Martin were africain-americain leaders. But they both lived in differents environments, differents education and differents appearance.


Malcomlx was an american black muslim minister and a one time spokesman for the nation of islam. He was very tall. He always wear glosses. He came from an under privilaged home. However, he was a man that taught himself how to read and write and rose to greatness on his own intelligence and determination. Malcolm was a muslim, minister and spokesman at the same time for muslims and a man that wanted to fight by force.

Martin Luther King was born into a familly whose name in Atlanta was well established. But they belonged to different religions and what they had different views. He was raised in a comfortable middle class where education was stressed. Martin was a christian and one of the main leaders of the american civil right movements. He was a minister, by trainning a became a civil right activist early in his career. Martin was basically a peaceful leader who argued non violence to his followers.

Malcom x and Martin Luther King are both remembered as leaders who fought for a difference in a black america. Both tried to bring hope to blacks in the United States. They both had very different ways to promote their message. Eventhought tehey were different in addressing their message about black respect and pride, but to me they both had the same goal in mind. And that goal was the achieve equality between all races.