WHEN YOU ENTER…Please SILENTLY work on the DO NOW

OBJECTIVE

SWBAT compare and contrast Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. by analyzing

the actions of both leaders

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

It was a movement that began in the 1960s in the US.

It was led primarily by African Americans

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

It fought for civil rights, specifically for African Americans

Voting rights, equality, desegregation, etc.

TWO MAJOR LEADERS

There were many leaders of the Civil Rights Movement

Two major leaders are Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

Both are remembered for their ideologies, actions, and speeches

MALCOLM X He was known for being an

advocate for African American rights.

He blamed white America for its “crimes against Negroes”

He advocated separation of whites and blacks

He encouraged African American racial pride and the Pan-African Movement

PAN-AFRICAN MOVEMENT

It is a movement that encourages the solidarity and racial pride of Africans worldwide

Malcolm X was a major leader of the movement and felt all people of African descent should unite together to fight against suppression

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. He was known for being an

advocate for African American rights.

He fought through nonviolent civil disobedience (examples?)

Many of his speeches focused around integration and desegregation, including his “I Have A Dream” speech given during the March on Washington, 1963

INTEGRATION

Synonym to desegregation Means to combine races and

create a world where everyone lives together peacefully

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

“I Have A Dream” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyR8h9iimw4

MALCOLM X

“Message to the Grassroots” Cliphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-tuy6kI8q8