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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1146 words (4.58 pages) in the essay titled civil rights movement Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were both African American leaders during the 50’s and 60’s that tried to make things better for other African Americans. Though their views were very different they did a lot of things for their people. Martin Luther King Jr. believed that violence did not help the problem it added to it, but Malcolm X was known for his “by any means necessary” approach.Martin Luther King Jr. had enormous impact on the desegregation of the United States in the 1960 s. He had arguable the largest impact of any civil rights leader of his time. King began his civil rights activities in 1955, when he protested Montgomery s segregated bus system. The protest was started after an African American bus passenger by the name of Rosa Parks was arrested after failing to give up her seat to a white passenger. After the arrest African Americans encouraged others to boycott the Montgomery bus system. They formed a secret group called the Montgomery Improvement Association and elected King their leader. The groups protest worked and soon the bus lines no longer had segregated rules and African Americans no longer boycott the buses. In the same year that the bus boycott was ended Kings house was bombed by angry whites intent on killing King. They were unsuccessful and no one in the house was hurt, and King was in no way swayed stopped from insisting on nonviolent protests. In 1957 along with several other black ministers King formed the Southern Christian... |
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Keywords: martin luther king jr, martin luther king, luther king jr, sclc, african americans, nonviolent protests, bus boycott, civil rights activities, malcolm x, bus system, segregation, protest, montgomery improvement association, bus passenger, necessary approach, angry whites