Malcolm X v. Martin Luther King

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malcolm x

wait for allah to create black nation- in meantime be self sufficeient as own race

Martin Luther King

"Black men have slammed the door shut on a past of deadening passivity."

Malcolm X

"I have been convinced that some American whites do want to help cure the rampant racism which is on the path to destroying this country."

Malcolm X

"It is a disgrace for Negro leaders not to be able to submerge our "minor" differences in order to seek a common solution to a common problem posed by a common enemy

Malcolm X

"We can never get civil rights in America until our human rights are first restored. We will never be recognized as citizens until we are first recognized as humans."

Martin Luther King

"[D]on't let anybody frighten you. We are not afraid of what we are doing... We, the disinherited of this land, we who have been oppressed so long, are tired of going through the long night of captivity."

malcolm x

"all of this non-violent, begging-the white man kind of dying..all this sitting in, sliding in, wading in, eating in, driving in and all the rest

Martin Luther King

I am convinced that if we are to get on the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values."

Malcolm X

I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color."

Martin Luther King

I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today - my own government."

Martin Luther King

There is a magnificent new militancy within the Negro community all across this nation. And I welcome this as a marvelous development. The Negro of America is saying he's determined to be free and he is militant enough to stand up."

Malcolm X

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."

malcolm x

integration would not work-aas need to take destiny into own hands


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