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AP US History
Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877
Topic 5.1
What key ideological difference separated Martin Luther King Jr.'s approach to civil rights from Malcolm X's?
Both King and Malcolm X advocated violence as a means to achieve civil rights.
Both leaders primarily believed in peaceful protest methods.
King advocated nonviolent protest, while Malcolm X initially endorsed self-defense even if it involved violence until later in his life when he shifted towards peaceful methods following his pilgrimage to Mecca.
King believed in violent resistance whereas Malcolm X argued for a nonviolent approach.
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