Question

MLK had a different viewpoint from Malcolm X on how African Americans should act in trying to gain civil rights. Based on this MLK quote and the speech by Malcolm X, write an explanation describing how the two viewpoints were different.

Answer 1

Answer: Like the activists of the Civil Rights Movement, their goal was complete racial equality. The main difference between the two movements was that supporters of Black Power were prepared to use violent methods to achieve these goals. Proponents of the Black Power Movement did not constitute a homogenous group. Malcolm X then served as the public face of the organization for a dozen years, where he advocated for Black empowerment, Black supremacy, and the separation of black and white Americans, and publicly criticized the mainstream civil rights movement for its emphasis on nonviolence and racial integration.

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