Malcolm X: The Civil Rights Movement and The Non Violent Pursue of Integration

Most Americans are motivated and influenced by the legends of various African Americans. Historical figures such as L. Douglas Wilder, Ella Fitzgerald, and even Barack Obama President are some of these people. Especially Malcolm X has a great influence on the recognition of the whole American society. It is unique. American Black Muslim faith and frank public voice activist Malcolm X challenged the pursuit of mainstream civil rights movement and the nonviolent integration claimed by Martin Luther King.

Malcolm X is an outstanding figure of the civil rights era. Malcolm X presents another view on the mainstream civil rights movement, claiming the establishment of an independent black community (rather than integration) and the use of violence in self-defense (rather than nonviolence). His strong, uncompromising belief in white evil scared the Caucasian community. After Malcolm X left the black Muslim state organization he was a spokesperson and a leader and his view on white was softened, but the core message of his black pride was justified. After Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965, his autobiography continued to spread his thoughts and passion.

Malcolm X Malcolm X was a civil rights leader in the 1960s, thinking black and white should be isolated. "Martin Luther King's" non-violent protest action "does not go well and violence is necessary for change. The life of Malcolm X is full of conflict and violence. Malcolm X was born in 1925 under the name Malcolm Little of Omaha, Nebraska. His father is Pastor Baptist, Alex Haley's "Autobiography of Malcolm X" "We are not Americans, we are Africans who came to America, we are kidnapped and violate our wishes did". We did not land on Plymouth rock - the stone fell over us. "(Lord, Thornton and Bodipo-Memba, 1992) The text above sculpts Malcolm X on all ethnic backgrounds and socio-economically The heart of the United States Malcolm X is certainly not a mean person. The United States "