Civil Rights Reflection

There are always heroes in every country’s history. In the history of United States, there’re two heroes that stir up the movement of Civil Rights for all race with many reasons. Even with these movements in the past, there’re still problems even nowadays concerning justice and injustice, equality and inequality. From what I’ve learn in class, most of the movements had been done by African Americans to get Rights as a citizens and there’re two leaders who led these movements with total different philosophy. They are Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

Martin Luther King Jr. believed in non-violence just as Gandhi that non-violence is a powerful tool than object tool that uses violence. Most of the movement happened after the announcement of desegregation to integrate the school so that the schools are mixed color but the white people refuse to do so. The strategy that MLK used was just a peaceful walk through the road telling that they want to be segregated but later things get complicated that they faced violence from angry white mob and the police. Even with all these violence they faced the people still didn’t back down and keep on doing the movement for months that later the children were even involved. While the movements were still ongoing organizations were made to support the movement and in the organizations white people who believe in desegregation were involved. Some of the movements like Chicago Freedom Movement that didn’t want poverty that all the poor were African Americans. In the end, MLK was assassinated before he completed his mission.

Malcolm X believed that violence was necessary to leave his own race alone and they can stand without the help of white people who didn’t want to accept them. He said that they thought using non-violence can help them but the result was clear, they weren’t able to get Rights as citizens. He use direct language that doesn’t beat around the bush but straight and clear on what they need to do.

While the African Americans were trying their best to achieve Rights, these movement they boost the confidence of other race such as Asian American, Latino, and Mexican and also Women rights, Disables Rights and Gay-Lesbians movements were made. If MLK and Malcolm X didn’t exist then right now we would still be facing with problems such as not able to get our Rights and things would not be the way they’re as now and the segregation would be ongoing.