Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X: Contrasting Approaches to Civil Rights

Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Instructor’s Name Course Code Date When we talk about the Civil Rights Movement, we won’t fail to mention Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X. These were activists and prolific men who enacted the struggle for justice and equality for African Americans. This made them the most influential men in the Civil Rights Movement. According to (Tyler, 2018), the counter of segregation, freedom, and dignity was marked by adversity in the harsh conditions in 1963. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King were two different activists with different beliefs yet two great Americans. Martin Luther King was an integrationist who believed in mutuality and mixing the other races. He strived for black assimilation into the white American society to seek equality, while Malcolm X was a black nationalist who firmly believed in black supremacy. He advocated that black Americans embrace their own identity and refrain from adopting white culture and values. Malcolm X and King were seen as two opposing forces in the q