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Significance of Malcom X and Martin Luther King and other players of CRM -…
Significance of Malcom X and Martin Luther King and other players of CRM
Malcolm X
Blacks are exploited
Should not be slaves to whites
More direct and aggressive
Unstable upbringing --> drugs and gambling
During jail time, read a lot about NOI (Nation of Islam)
Martin Luther King
Fight for rights first, then money
After assassination
Non-violet protests continued
Spoke about inequality with whites and blacks
Critique of VW
Goal of the CRM
Need ++ voters to be registered
Segregation to end
Emergence of Malcom X
Large impact
++ Fear in White America
MLK used this to pressure whites to support CR
Anger and despair
Criticized the use of non-violence
Goal for Civil Rights: Start a revolution
Malcom X and the Civil Rights Movement
No use of non-violence
Using kids in Birmingham didn't work
Passing of CRB did not work
Did support it
Similarities between Malcom X and MLK
Good speakers
Good debators
Fearless
Improve lifes of black people
Challenged white racism
Blacks should be proud to be black
Ready to use violence
Differences between Malcom X and MLK
King --> Southerner, and had therefore not experienced the ghettos in N
Malcom X had experience with poverty and could draw focus on the harsh conditions
Legacy of Malcom X
Appealed mostly to Northern Ghettos
Bayard Rustin --> Pessimistic, did not want people to idealize with Malcom
John Lewis: Articulate aspirations, bitterness and frustrations of black people
Created a connection with urban blacks trapped in the Ghettos
Conclusion
Limited
Died without a program of reform
No large mass-based organisation that was long lasting
Just wanted to spread hate
Not Limited
Pretty significant for the time period that he supported the CRM
Impacted the effectiveness and goals of CRM
High profile
SNCC and CORE switched their belief towards self-determination rather than working with the establishment = led to the shattering of CRM
Autobiography --> impact on young blacks = BPM
Radicalism made the CRM more responsible and moderate
Aims and approaches led to an undermining of the CRM
Views of Malcolm X
Whites as Devils
Self help
Separate lives
Violence for slef-defence is fine
Black nationalism
Martin Luther King's Significance
Influential with politicians
Used his methods
Was white friendly
Good communicator
Had a christian message to a christian country
Led by example
Seen as a leader
Inherited American Values
Justice
Liberty
Democracy
Other players/individuals
Other Civil Rights Leaders
Fed Gov (Presidents, judges)
Grassroots activism (earl supporters, activist, organisers)
Mass media
Southern Whites
Public opinion