Martin Luther King and Malcolm X

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This paper explores the lives of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. While the writer believes both are significant leaders in the African-American community, they have many differences as well. The paper presents a history of the Black movement in the United States and then a background on each of these leaders which led to their rise as political leaders. Ultimately, the writer believes that despite different approaches, both these men were admirable and ultimately "messengers of truth".

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"Understanding American race relations in the mid twentieth century requires some understanding the previous several generations. Slavery based on racial identity began in America some 300 years ago. Although slavery itself was outlawed after the Civil War, a kind of de facto slavery was established in the official segregation systems of southern states; in the North, segregation was not legally sanctioned, but it did exist in unofficial but very real expressions of culture and power."

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