Malcom X v. Martin Luther King Jr.

Comparison of Martin Luther King, Jr and Malcom X Essay written by Twyla Lomen They were black men who had a dream, but never lived to see it fulfilled. One was a man who spoke out to all humanity, but the world was not yet ready for his peaceful words. "I have a dream, a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed... that all …

…the means in which they tried to obtain their goal, they shared a common struggle. It was this pain that laid so deep within their souls, that it drove them to speak out to a country whose ears were not yet ready to listen, and whose minds could not stretch to comprehend their radical and strange messages. Martin Luther King and Malcom X were leaders in their time, but destined to be legends for all.