Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were both fighting the same war for the same people. ... Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were human rights leaders. ... The message of self-defence and black nationalism spread by Malcolm X was more well received than King's ideas with the Northern urban Black population. ... The most influential leader of the black underclass and youth was Malcolm X. ... Due to his reddish hair colour, his street name was "Detroit Red'. ...

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The Situation of African-Americans in America In their motherland Africa, black people lived together in tribes with the families staying together in the village and leading a live according to strong morals and rites. Each tribe had developed a culture and often an own language, and the people either prayed to their own Gods or (especially in north and central Africa) followed the teachings of the Koran. But in the eyes of most Europeans, all Africans were ignorant, pagan savages who needed to be introduced to Christianity and Western civilisation. When America was discovered in 1492, Eur...

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With leaders like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, the Civil Rights Movement grew to be one of the most important movement in the sixties. ... By early 1965 a new black leader had arose, whose name was Malcolm X. ... Malcolm X was a former pimp, cocaine addict, and thief. ... Malcolm was killed by a pair of point blank range shots to the chest. ... Rioting breaks out in Detroit killing people and injuring many in 1965. ...

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