MLK vs. Malcolm X

1. MLK vs. Malcolm X • Words that remind you of the two

2. Malcolm and King Quotes

3. Martin Luther King Jr. • He was the 26-year-old minister of the Baptist church where the original boycott meeting took place. • Dr. King became the spokesperson for the protest movement and became a leader in the civil rights movement.

4. Letter from a Birmingham Jail • King wrote that without nonviolent forceful direct actions such as his, true civil rights could never be achieved. • He asserted that not only was civil disobedience justified in the face of unjust laws, but that "one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.“ • Two famous quotes from the letter are: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," and, “Justice too long delayed is justice denied."

5. “I Have A Dream” • Dr. King spoke of his desire for a future where blacks and whites, among others, would coexist harmoniously as equals.

6. I have a Dream

7. Assassination • Martin Luther King, Jrwas assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39.

8. Malcolm X

9. Malcolm X (Malcolm Little) • His father, a Baptist minister and a civil right’s activist, was killed by the Ku Klux Klan—pushed in front of a moving street car. • His mother suffered an emotional breakdown and spent the next 26 years in a mental hospital. • At 19 he was sentenced to prison for 5 years. • In prison he read constantly and converted to Islam.

10. Teenage Years • At 19 he was sentenced to prison for 5 years. • In prison he read constantly and converted to Islam.

11. Prison Years • Became an activist for the black population • Criticized MLK, Jr. • He preached that white and black could not be brothers. • “What I want to know is how the white man, with the blood of black people dripping off his fingers, can have the audacity to be asking black people [why] they hate him?” • 1963—challenged the leader of the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad, and was suspended from the Muslim ministry.

12. Changing Attitudes • Leaving the nation of Islam and taking a trip to Mecca changed Malcolm’s views. • He became much less violent and extreme in his views. • “I have been convinced that some American whites do want to help cure the rampant racism which is on the path to destroying this country.”

13. Assassination • Malcolm was shot and killed on February 21st, 1965 while he was making a speech in New York. • Three black men from the N.O.I. were convicted of killing Malcolm

14. A Common Solution