'Martin Luther King and Malcolm X\r'

'savanna Major February 23, 2013 Hon. English/ H. 3 Philosophies of Martin Luther tabby and Malcolm X The late 1950s to mid-1960s was a time when force-out and in providedice had raged its peak. galore(postnominal) people were treated unfairly and the humour of the country overall was truly puritanical and unhappy. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were both very well-known activists who fought to make things equal and right. eightieth activists shared similar beliefs against the racial disgust brought against African Americans by whites although their methods of achieving that equality were all different.MLK, for Instance, believed In approaching things in a peaceful, nonviolent fashion. However, most African Americans felt up that his â€Å"peaceful approach” wasnt enough to reach his. as well as their, goals and moody to Malcolm X, who believed that arming up against whites was a fatality in order to protect yourself. In other words, fight violence with violenc e. In the speech, â€Å"Stride Toward Freedom,” MLK discusses the three different shipway of dealing with oppression; acquiescence, resorting to violence, and the use of nonviolent resistance.Only supporting one of the three, nonviolence, King powerfully isagrees with both acquiescence and using violence as a way of do peace. Acquiescence, when the oppressed resign to their oppression and just deal with it. giving up on it all together. MLK believes that is not the way out, claiming that by resigning â€Å"the oppressed become as evil as the oppressor. ” (King 301) The second form of oppression, resorting to natural violence, completely goes against his views.\r\n'