what are the main differences and similarities between martin luther king and malcolm x?

Answer 1

Slightly less flat nose and big lips

Answer 2

Malcolm X was mad as hell while MLK stressed peace and patience. Both nevertheless were assassinated. And both were gifted orators who could raise the passion and emotions of the spoken crowd. Both gave speeches during the height of the civil rights movement in this country, the early 1960s. Malcolm inflamed, MLK taught tolerance. Books, books, and books have been written about the two great Americans, and universities throughout the country teach the philosophy of each.

Answer 3

Not many similarities, other than they both wanted rights for black people. And that they were both assassinated - or have I got that wrong about Malcolm X?

MLK used peaceful methods and wanted equal rights. X used violence, and seemed to have wanted to more or less switch places - so the blacks were more important than the whites. X's methods appealed more to angry, impatient young people, while MLK aimed his campaigns more at wealthy whites, to try to get their support so the government would listen to them. By the mid 60's, MLK was losing popularity, while X and people like him were becoming more popular - people had lost faith in MLK, and turned to other methods to try to get things done. Impatience. MLK used Christian values to help his campaigns - the church was a huge part of it. I think X was a Muslim, and there was a group for black Muslims involved, but I can't remember if religion played as big a part in his work as it did in MLK's.

Hope that helps.

Answer 4

Although they both wanted liberation and equal rights for black people, they went round it in different ways and although they were both religious men one was a muslin and the other a baptist. Check out the internet for a fuller history, Worth reading about them as very inspirational people who made a valuable contribution to history and our world.

During his life, Malcolm went from being a drug dealer and burglar[1] to one of the most prominent black nationalist leaders in the United States; he was considered by some as a martyr of Islam and a champion of equality. As a militant leader, Malcolm X advocated black pride, economic self-reliance, and identity politics. He ultimately rose to become a world-renowned African American/Pan-Africanist and human rights activist.

Following a pilgrimage to Mecca in 1964, Malcolm converted to orthodox Islam. Less than a year later he was assassinated in Washington Heights on the first day of National Brotherhood Week. Although three members of the Nation of Islam were convicted of his assassination (one of whom confessed), there are several conspiracy theories positing the involvement of elements of the United States Government.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was a famous leader of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, and a Baptist minister. In 1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (for his work as a peacemaker, promoting nonviolence and equal treatment for different races). On April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. In 1977, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. In 1986, Martin Luther King Day was established as a United States holiday. In 2004, King was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. He was known as a great public speaker.[1] Dr. King often called for personal responsibility in fostering world peace.[2] King's most influential and well-known public address is the "I Have A Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.