It was an expected fact that Dr. King and the Civil Rights movement would receive opposition and criticism from those in white America who held strongly to racist perspectives and positive views of segregation. However, some may be surprised that many black Americans equally criticized Dr. King and his non-violent approach to social change in America. "It is a dark day indeed when men can not work to implement the ideal of brotherhood without being labeled a communist." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Many black Americans favored a violent response as the only answer to acquiring social and political change in America. Please watch and listen to this very interesting difference in perspectives describe by both Dr King and Malcolm X. While Malcolm X and other black Americans favored violent protests and actions similar to a civil uprising or war, Dr. King held fast to his message of non-violence and the peaceful acquisition of social and political change. Int the end non-violence, civil disobedience proved to be an extremely effective tool that led to the change of a nation as well as influenced the perspectives of mankind and governments around the world.
Many black Americans favored a violent response as the only answer to acquiring social and political change in America. Please watch and listen to this very interesting difference in perspectives describe by both Dr King and Malcolm X. While Malcolm X and other black Americans favored violent protests and actions similar to a civil uprising or war, Dr. King held fast to his message of non-violence and the peaceful acquisition of social and political change. Int the end non-violence, civil disobedience proved to be an extremely effective tool that led to the change of a nation as well as influenced the perspectives of mankind and governments around the world.