Mlk Vs. Malcolm XEssay Preview: Mlk Vs. Malcolm XReport this essayDuring the early 1960s in American History, the British Invasion was in full force, American troops were stationed in Vietnam and society was facing a transformation. In the midst of all these radical changes, the most prominent and extreme were the Civil Rights Movement and issue of racism that loomed over the heads of millions of Americans. With all the organizations and leaders involved with this movement, no more did the spotlight focus on anyone other than Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. While these two men and pioneers had some strong differences in the way they spoke, lived and viewed the Civil Rights Movement, they could agree that a change had to be made quickly towards the treatment of African Americans at that time. In the letter written by MLK from Birmingham, and the speech given by Malcolm X in Detroit, both make strong arguments by explaining their motives and morals in order to expose the harsh realities of racism and segregation and how they plan to overcome it. While MLKs rhetoric took more of a non-violent and religious approach, Malcolm X felt strong action and retaliation was necessary to achieve the goal. Despite the fact their different ways to carry out the process, these two Civil Rights leaders had a vision and a goal based on the equal treatment and better understanding of African Americans.
Known as one of the most visible advocates of nonviolence and direct action as methods of social change, one will often see Martin Luther King, Jr. fall under the same category as Gandhi
and Mother Teresa. Born on January 15th, 1929, MLK already had it in him by being born to a reverend and founder of Atlantas NAACP chapter . After receiving his Ph.D. and co-founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, MLK soon became the voice for the African Americans . Known as remarkable orator with a booming voice, MLK spread the word of social change and anti-segregation in the heart of Alabama, where the countrys racism was the worst. Often times MLK and hundreds of other protestors were arrested and thrown in jail by the infamous Sheriff “Bull” Connor and his police force sometime for merely just walking down the street. Even so in this case, MLK still did his part for the Civil Rights Movement by writing letters from jail to keep the rally and fight strong.
Mardi Gras Ball
This is the “Ball of the South” during the 1968 season
“I think that was a game that would still have been played,” said Mary Ann Walker, a historian. • All the men were arrested and charged with a crime while celebrating in the stadium. Some more to come with the rest of the women. Some were forced to turn out after losing to the Reds.
The Ball of the South was a great opportunity for MLK because as the late Dr. Robert F. Kennedy said in 1961: “No, because the truth is what you are: a man at war.” After he was arrested for the felony act of being a slave owner, John Hodge said he was the only person to lose a federal civil rights case that would have to do with owning a slave.
The Ball, which was held Friday night, was sponsored by the Atlanta chapter of a small social justice group which opposed segregation, poverty, abortion, and the Ku Klux Klan. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
The Ball was held for two hours over three days. A rally was held across town in Jackson, and a parade was started on the last hour. A rally outside the stadium with the men was postponed due to the protests. After the march, many protesters had gathered near the park to watch the football games.
One group of about 200 protesters were wearing “The Biggest Loser” shirts — “Famous Ladies of Mississippi” and “America’s First Slut”. One man wearing a “Dude’s Man” jacket, and another holding a $14,000 check to get in the locker room to protest $15,000 to $20,000 in tuition increases for the local schools.
The women wore black and white, as they would do “in America.” “Why should we let them be judged by what they wear?” asked the man, and asked if he had ever seen a slave in their neighborhood.
The men also chanted that they would be wearing “the Biggest Loser” shirts if they elected them President or governor and wore “the national anthem” because they were “in this country.”
“It makes you feel that even though the laws you were signed to enforce were not there, they were there,” the man told the crowd.
Supporters of the rally joined in and took their shirts off.
“I came here because I was really, really frustrated that the African American community didn’t put the Black Lives Matter movement in motion that we needed to fight for.” One of the protesters with his “Mad Man” jacket. His wife said that “the women wore them like they had been through the horrors of slavery during the civil rights fights of the 20th century,” and urged people to wear them as “the best of the best”.
In the third phase of the demonstration, some black people wore “Red & White Sock Puma” clothes. A few were just feet away. When asked how they felt about the way the crowd came together to
Mardi Gras Ball
This is the “Ball of the South” during the 1968 season
“I think that was a game that would still have been played,” said Mary Ann Walker, a historian. • All the men were arrested and charged with a crime while celebrating in the stadium. Some more to come with the rest of the women. Some were forced to turn out after losing to the Reds.
The Ball of the South was a great opportunity for MLK because as the late Dr. Robert F. Kennedy said in 1961: “No, because the truth is what you are: a man at war.” After he was arrested for the felony act of being a slave owner, John Hodge said he was the only person to lose a federal civil rights case that would have to do with owning a slave.
The Ball, which was held Friday night, was sponsored by the Atlanta chapter of a small social justice group which opposed segregation, poverty, abortion, and the Ku Klux Klan. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
The Ball was held for two hours over three days. A rally was held across town in Jackson, and a parade was started on the last hour. A rally outside the stadium with the men was postponed due to the protests. After the march, many protesters had gathered near the park to watch the football games.
One group of about 200 protesters were wearing “The Biggest Loser” shirts — “Famous Ladies of Mississippi” and “America’s First Slut”. One man wearing a “Dude’s Man” jacket, and another holding a $14,000 check to get in the locker room to protest $15,000 to $20,000 in tuition increases for the local schools.
The women wore black and white, as they would do “in America.” “Why should we let them be judged by what they wear?” asked the man, and asked if he had ever seen a slave in their neighborhood.
The men also chanted that they would be wearing “the Biggest Loser” shirts if they elected them President or governor and wore “the national anthem” because they were “in this country.”
“It makes you feel that even though the laws you were signed to enforce were not there, they were there,” the man told the crowd.
Supporters of the rally joined in and took their shirts off.
“I came here because I was really, really frustrated that the African American community didn’t put the Black Lives Matter movement in motion that we needed to fight for.” One of the protesters with his “Mad Man” jacket. His wife said that “the women wore them like they had been through the horrors of slavery during the civil rights fights of the 20th century,” and urged people to wear them as “the best of the best”.
In the third phase of the demonstration, some black people wore “Red & White Sock Puma” clothes. A few were just feet away. When asked how they felt about the way the crowd came together to
In April of 1963, MLK wrote a letter in response to a published statement by eight of his fellow clergymen from Alabama. The clergymen wrote to him stating they felt his activities in Birmingham were “unwise and untimely” criticizing his demonstrations to be dangerous and unnecessary. Although MLKs letter was addressed as a reply to these clergymen, the real audience was the white moderate, otherwise known as middle class America. Right from the start, one can notice the eloquence of the writing. This is one of the methods MLK uses to present his argument in a non-aggressive style and helps lay the tone of the essay in a moral sounding manner. This is essential when considering who MLKs target audience was. As a result, to motivate the clergymen and his target audience of the white moderate, MLK starts and explains his reasoning by writing, “I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” .
MLK begins to explain how Birmingham quite possibly could be the most segregated city in the United States where direct action needs to take place and countless times has he, several members of his staff and other fellow African Americans been let down by broken promises, suffered deep disappointment and harsh brutality. Therefore, MLKs solution is to seek through non-violent protests, “direct action whereby it would create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate (Birmingham) is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored” . MLK argues it would be unwise to sit idly by and let injustice occur. Instead of waiting for a more “timely” opportunity, he feels that “justice too long delayed is justice denied” and now is the time to act. In the next paragraph he takes a strong emotional approach to tell the clergymen what he has witnessed his whole life due to the stinging effect of segregation. From that, MLK illiterates the point that this violence and segregation roots from not the White Citizens Council or the KKK, but the white moderate. He feels that their devotion to order rather than justice is the main cause of the social disorder. By simply allowing African Americans to get beaten and imprisoned to relieve the tension is better than negotiation to achieve justice. MLKs humble, non-aggressive tone hits quite hard by way of using examples of past experiences, past historical figures and visible details to reach throughout his rhetoric so reach to the white moderate to support the Civil Rights Movement. MLKs moral and polite mannerisms are quite diverse to some other Civil Rights leaders of that time such as Malcolm X.
Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19th, 1925, Malcolm X (later ditched his slave name and picked up X to signify his lost tribal name) was the son of an outspoken Baptist minister with strong beliefs . Having a rough childhood being split up from his family, losing his father to a lynching, constant insults from his white teachers, living in foster homes and being imprisoned at age 20, Malcolm X learned to live on his own and grow to hate the white man. In prison, Malcolm X converted to the Muslim religion, and after being released he joined the Nation of Islam (NOI) . He began to study the teachings of NOI leader Elijah Muhammad which taught that white society actively worked to keep African-Americans from empowering themselves and achieving political, economic and social success . A few years later, he climbed his way to the top to become minister at numerous mosques, was invited to participate in several debates on the radio, television and at universities. After being named one of the most sought after speakers in the U.S., lead rallies at some of the largest Civil Rights events and forming organizations such as the Organizations of Afro-American Unity (OAAU), Malcolm X became one of the most controversial yet significant leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
On April 12th, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan, Malcolm X delivered a powerful and divisive speech called “The Ballot or the Bullet.” Given in front of reverends and his Muslim and African American brothers and sisters, Malcolm X took a very negative stance against the white race in his speech. Meant for the white race, Malcolm Xs speech uses heavy, powerful analogies and experiences to