Everyone in a stage of their life have encountered themselves with racism. Imagine
yourself in the life of an African American in the 1950's. You wake up every morning in
this segregated world, not knowing if god made the right choice in having you wake up.
You think of the Jim Crow laws that have been put in order, that don't allow whites to
mix with blacks, and you say to yourself when are we going to put an end to this injustice,
when are we going to find someone who won't be afraid to fight for us, for we are too
much afraid of doing so. Well look no further, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is the man who
fights for the African Americans in a non-violent method. Of course we always have the
opposite of non-violent. Malcolm "X" Little is the man who fights for the African
American rights using the method of "By all means necessary". This period of time when
African Americans protested to gain their equal right is known as "The Struggle For Civil
Malcolm Little known better as Malcolm X was born in 1925. Growing up in
poverty was a difficult thing to do. Malcolm didn't see himself capable enough to succeed
in life. Since this was a white-dominated world, the fact of being black lowered his
chances in life. His dream was to become a professional lawyer when he grew up, but his
hopes were soon crushed by one of his white teachers. He was told "We all here like
you....But you've got to be realistic about being a nigger. A lawyer---that's no realistic
goal for a nigger. why don't you plan on carpentry?" (Textbook pg. 773). With his only
hopes in succeeding in life crushed Malcolm soon dropped out of school and turned to the
wrong side of life. He was in jail but there learned the teachings of Elijah Muhammad,
who was the head of a religiously inspired group called the Nation Of Islam. They believed
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