Civil rights leaders
By, Bryanna Garard
Who they were
Martin Luther King Jr. was a minister of a baptist church. He was elected the leader of the Montgomery improvement association. He became the leader of the SCLC. The stood for nonviolence action and took part in many activities that were nonviolence such as sit-ins and marches.
Stokely Carmichael was the head of the SNCC in 1966. He also did not like the idea of nonviolence so he took that away from the SNCC. He came up with the saying "Black Power". It meant African Americans dependence on themselves to solve problems. He wasn't focused on integration, he wanted political and economic power.
Compared and contrasted
Martin Luther King Jr.'s views were the opposite. He wanted to do things that were nonviolent. He wrote " there is more power in socially organized masses... Than there is in guns in the hands of a few desperate men."
Ratings 1-5
Malcolm X - I would give him a 4 because he gained many follows that believed in him. He also got more people to join the movement but o think that the violence didn't help very much.
Stokely Carmichael - I would give him a 4 because he too did gain followers and got more people involved. He came up with black power that got people excited about the movement but once again, I don't think the the violent reactions helped.