MLK Jr. && Malcolm X

Martin Luther King Jr.; 1929-1968
I.Pastor in Alabama
II.Civil rights activists voted King as their leader
III.“I Have a Dream” speech in 1963
IV.Worked for Civil Rights Act
V.Congress passed Civil Rights in 1964
VI.King received Nobel Peace Prize
VII.Killed by assassin’s bullet on April 4th

Malcolm X; 1925-1965
I.Was in prison 1946-1952 for burglary
II.Converted to Muslim-“Black Muslim”
III.Believed in black separatism
IV.Took the name “X” as a replacement for his lost African name
V.In rivalry between Malcolm X and Nation of Islam because of disagreement with Elijah Muhammad, the Nation of Islam leader
VI.Shot February 21 by Islam’s