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Malcolm X verses Martin Luther King Jr.

Malcolm X verses Martin Luther King Jr. The students will compare two of the most well known catalysts for Civil Rights: Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. **Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most significant legislative victory for the civil rights movement.

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Malcolm X verses Martin Luther King Jr.

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  1. Malcolm X verses Martin Luther King Jr. The students will compare two of the most well known catalysts for Civil Rights: Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

  2. **Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most significant legislative victory for the civil rights movement. **Allowed the federal government to sue city school boards who refused to integrate schools **Mandated the end of segregation in all public facilities **Established Fair Employment Opportunities Commission to regulate businesses hiring practices. Impact of the March…

  3. Voting Rights Act of 1965 http://www.crmvet.org/info/litapp.pdf • **Results: Five months after the march, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 which abolished the existing registration literacy test. In one year, 9,000 black residents of Selma’s country registered to vote. • **Established federal observers for state elections.

  4. **Nearly 1,000 (black and white) volunteers were recruited to spend the summer of 1964 in Southern cities and towns going door-to-door to help black citizens fill out voter registration forms. **Highly dangerous for volunteers. Three volunteers disappeared on their way to investigate a church bombing only to turn up two months later, buried in an earthen dam. Countless others were beaten, shot, thrown in jail or verbally attacked. Freedom Summer

  5. Johnson’s Great Society Dealt with poverty and civil rights. Kerner Commission: Study done under Johnson’s Administration that said white racism was to blame for urban violence. Passed Civil Rights Act of 1968 (housing discrimination), Voting, and Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Acts.

  6. Intro Years after the deaths of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, the two men still remain fixed images in the American consciousness: Martin Luther King, Jr., an advocate of nonviolence, delivering his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and Malcolm X, the black nationalist, encouraging African Americans to fight racial oppression “by any means necessary.” Were these two men really ideological opposites? Did they share any common ground? Were their thoughts about each other and the struggle for African American liberation changing in the years leading up to their assassinations? Is it possible that the two leaders may have converged, if not for their untimely deaths?

  7. What words or phrases come to mind when you think about each man?

  8. Biographies The class will be split in half—half representing MLK and the other representing Malcolm X. Read the biographies given to you. As you read, be thinking of words you would use to describe the civil rights activist you represent.

  9. Comparing the two… A series of clips of the two leaders commenting on their beliefs, methods, and each other. http://youtu.be/6HGr-UJSf9k

  10. Draw the following in your notebook…

  11. X and King Day 2 You will need… -an article given to you at the door -a separate sheet of paper

  12. Quote Identification In groups, guess the identity of the author based on what you know about each. Why do we have these fixed images of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X?

  13. Background on Both Men Each of you will receive an article that gives background information on both men, or X and King individually. As you read, list five major events in each man’s life that you believe helped shape their role in the African American freedom struggle. Consider areas such as family, religion, education, and experience with whites growing up. Discuss within your groups.

  14. Brainstorm: 5 most important events

  15. Finalize 5 major influential events for each man

  16. Convergence/Common Ground Now we’re going to explore King and Malcolm X from 1964-1965, a time during which the men’s positions began to converge. In small groups, read excerpts from Malcolm X’s letter to King and King’s statement following Malcolm’s death.

  17. Explain What most surprised you about what you read in these documents? Why? How does this information affect your original perception of both Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.? List three ways in which you see the ideas of Dr. King and Malcolm X converging.

  18. Ticket out the Door What were your previous perceptions about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X? How they have changed throughout this lesson? How this might shape your attitudes and beliefs regarding other historical and/or public figures?

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