Why Black Activists Rejected Martin Luther King and...

Two main black activist leaders of the early 1950s were Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Today, both of these men would be remembered as great leaders.However, these two men had totally different approaches towards meeting the same main goal. Both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X fought for civil rights; however Malcolm X also wanted to have a separate black society whereas Martin Luther wanted the integration of white people with black people. Malcolm X believed that violence was the key to his goat whereas Martin Luther King chose to take the nonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Ëœviolent approach This is one reason why some black activists rejected, the approach of Martin Luther King to civil rights. His non violent†¦show more content†¦Although buses were no longer segregated, the majority of restaurants and shops had whites only signs in their window, indicating that black people were not allowed in these places. Protests and rebellions against these places were mostly unsuccessful and the protestors were usually arrested or beaten After these groups of protestors received such acts of discrimination and violence, they began to question the effectiveness on Martin Luther Kings non violent approach An example of a nonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Ëœviolent protest that Martin Luther King led would be his peaceful demonstration in Birmingham, Alabama in April 1963, in which he was arrested and his supporters were attacked with fire hoses, tear gas, dogs and cattle prods. 3300 of the peaceful demonstrators were also arrested as a result of the demonstration. This made doubtful black activists even more reluctant towards accepting Martin Luthers nonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Ëœviolent ways and led them to believe that violence was the only way to obtain their goals, as the nonà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã¢â‚¬Ëœviolence approach had failed them. Another demonstration led by Martin Luther King was The March on Washington which took place on 29 August 1963. Over 250,000 demonstrators attended The March on Washington, in attempt to gain civil rights for all. rights for all. During this demonstration, Martin Luther King made his famous I have a dream speech in which he expressed his