Sammenligning af Martin Luther King Jr. og Malcolm X

Martin Luther king Jr. and Malcolm X were some of the most inspirational, and famous civil right activist`s. Martin L. K. Is mostly known for his infamous speech “I have a dream” Luther dreamt about a society where everyone was equal, and had the same rights, where it didn’t matter if you were black or white. He was very invested in the subject and fought peacefully, to make it happen until the day he passed away. Malcom X was also fighting for the rights of black people, and he wanted equality as well, but not quite the same way as Luther did. Malcolm´s famous speech “the bullet or the ballot” is about how he wanted everyone to be equal, as well but just separate. I find the two different people very interesting, and the way they fought.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin L. K. Was a young African-American who fought for the rights of black people. Martin was born on the 15th of January 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. Where he grew up with his mom Alberta Williams King and his dad Marin Luther king Sr. His dad was one of the early figures in the civil right movement. So, Martin Luther King Jr was very influenced by the way, his dad had not adjusted to the system. And he decided to become more invested in the civil rights movement, as he got older. Martin saw his father's proud and fearless protests against segregation, and he admired his dad´s way, of standing up for himself. On the 28th of august 1963 Martin Luther king Jr peacefully demonstrated with the famous speech “I have a dream” He started the speech of by saying “I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” And so, it did. The speech Martin gave was a big step in the civil right movement, it was about how even though Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, the black people still weren’t free a hundred years later. It was about how black people needed to stick together and fight for the basic civil rights, and how they shouldn’t have to accept the way they were treated “We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.” Martin dreamt about black people being free “we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”