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Comparing & Contrasting Civil Rights Advocates
Martin Luther King Jr.
• “looked forward to the time when blacks
and whites would sit down together at
the table of brotherhood” (29)
• Christian Baptist Minister
• Believed white Americans must play a
role in the fight for civil rights
• Believed an integrated society was
achievable
• An integrated society would occur one
day
• Advocated non-violent protests
• Believed violence multiplied evil and
increased hatred
• “Hate cannot drive out hate; only love
can do that” (32)
Malcolm X
• interested “first in African-Americans
gaining control of their own lives” (29)
• Black Muslim (rejected Christianity)
• African • Believed it was not possible for whites to
American leaders get along with black nationalists
& advocates • Believed African Americans should
• Ministers govern their own society
• Victims of • Believed that American society should
assassination not mix
• Both fought for • Believed in taking the Constitutional
rights for black right to self-defense “to protect
Americans themselves by any means necessary” (32)
• Stated, “it is the duty of every African-
American community throughout this
country to protect its people against mass
murderers, bombers, lynchers, floggers,
brutalizers, and exploiters” (32)