have power would be where there is no white man in control, such as in Africa.2. Martin Luther King Jr., shared more in common with Malcolm X, then any other contemporary civil rights leader. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X had more in common after Malcolm broke away from Elijah Mohammed. Before Malcolm broke away, he was an angry man who could never see anything positive and the reason why he could not see anything positive was because the whites had no "moral conscience." Malcolm also promoted segregation that is was the only way for blacks to achieve their rightful place in society. Martin Luther King, felt that blacks and whites should be united and there would be peace and happiness; this was the opposite of what Malcolm believed. In "Malcolm X: The Man and His Times," Malcolm says that separatist and nationalist strategy for black survival and that only through violence would conditions change. Malcolm also says that the white society had no moral conscience and promoted the role of the angry black against racist America. After Malcolm left the Nation of Islam, he, like Martin Luther King, believed greatly in unity and change through black pride and respect for oneself then hate and revenge, which he believed before. Malcolm even wanted to join forces with Martin Luther for their beliefs were very similar now. I think that the best thing that Malcolm and Martin Luther both believed in was the belief that blacks would attain freedom if they first get self-respect. They both fought for a difference in black America and to bring hope to blacks in the United States. Even though they had very different ways of promoting their message they both tried to bring power and strength to the black communities so that they can all rise above all the hatred that surrounded them. Malcolm X, compared to other contemporary civil rights leaders, was more aggressive.3. "True" Islam defers from the teachings of Elijah Mohammad, by Elijah...
