Martin Luther King JR vs Malcom X

I do think that the methodologies of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X were very different from each other. King used more civil, peaceful words and presented the Civil Rights Movement as a problem that is unfair and that affects the fellow man. He wanted this problem to be something that all races should want to help with. One race wasn’t accused of being the enemy, while the other was the victim. Malcolm X had an angrier tone in his words. He seemed to be quick to make assumptions about an entire race, which would make whites wan to turn away from what he had to say about the issue. In my opinion, he was very drastic with his approach, since it was directed at the community as a whole. Whites were made to look like the enemy and that they are fully responsible for the suffering of African Americans. I think that if one wants to address two parties, two races, or two groups, he or she should appeal to both sides in order to create interest and change. Martin Luther King, Jr. had the more effective method in accomplishing the goals of the Civil Rights Movement. I never learned about Malcolm X in lower grades of school, but in my classes the students learned about King every year. He is well remembered for his peaceful protests, which say a lot about his character, his supporters, and the change he wanted.