Civil Rights Leaders: Martin Luther King vs. Malcolm X shows differences between the two leaders' ways of trying to achieve rights for blacks in the struggle for Civil rights

In the 1960's, there was much unrest going on in the United States. It was the civil rights movement. Black Americans wanted to be treated equally, and fairly, not only in regular life, but other aspects of the government. But these black people were not unorganized; they had leaders of their own. Although they were leading the same cause, they had different viewpoints about achieving the generic goal. Two of these leaders were Malcolm X …

…Tab/>Throughout history, people have been discriminated upon for the way they speak, where they are from, or for the color of their skin. In The 60's in the United States, the black population was split between two views, one of violence, and one of nonviolence. Each had their own separate leaders supporting them. You can clearly see the many differences between these two leader's viewpoints: Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.