Compare And Contrast Malcolm X And Martin Luther King Jr

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During the past century there have been two influential people who battled the problem of inequality between black and white people. Both men wanted to bring hope to oppressed people all over the world through their dynamic, hard-hitting speeches, but their methods and styles of doing so were unquestionably different. One followed non-violence and peace and the other encouraged his followers to rise up and challenge their white enemies. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.’s early lives were highly different. King grew up in a comfortable middle class family and was well educated. He was born into a family whose name was well established in Atlanta. His parents ensured that King was secure and contented. Malcolm X was raised in an entirely
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