How Was Malcom X Different To Martin Luther

How was Malcom X different to Martin Luther King?

Separation not intergration ,[object Object]

Malcolm’s background ,[object Object],[object Object],Eventually in 1929 his home was burned down and his father was found dead on the tram tracks. The authorities said they were both accidents . His mother eventually was committed to a mental institution and he and his 7 brothers and sisters went to orphanages and family.

Malcolm’s background ,[object Object],“ no realistic goal for a nigger" Malcom gave up , left home and went to New York, and embarked on a life of petty crime

Malcolm’s life of crime ,[object Object]

Conversion ,[object Object],By the time he left prison in 1953 , he was a dedicated member of NOI, fighting for a separate nation , and freedom from his white oppressors. Like his father Malcolm was a charismatic speaker and moved quickly up through the ranks of NOI

Watched… ,[object Object],He was credited with increasing membership of NOI from 500 in 1952 to 30,000 by 1963 He created massive media interest, and in 1959 there was a week long TV special based on his life called “ The Hate That Produced Hate’

Movement from the NOI ,[object Object],He formed his own movement He travelled to Muslim nations and learned that integration was possible with people of other cultures But on 21 st February 1965 Malcolm X was shot 15 times whilst speaking at a meeting in New York

Why did some Black Americans turn to Malcolm X’s ideas after MLK’s death? ,[object Object],The main issue was money, Black Americans could not change their situation without aid from the government. MLK recognised this and campaigned against poverty after the Civil Rights acts . The government had promised money, but was spending it on the growing problems in Vietnam instead. Many black Americans were drafted to fight in a war they felt was irrelevant to them as they didn’t have democracy in their own country

[object Object]," If violence is wrong in America, violence is wrong abroad. If it is wrong to be violent defending black women and black children and black babies and black men, then it is wrong for America to draft us, and make us violent abroad in defense of her. And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country." Speech, Nov. 1963, New York City.

How Was Malcom X Different To Martin Luther

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