Malcolm X is a metaphor for the African American struggle in a way unlike his counterpart Martin Luther King jr. MLK came from prosperous backgrounds who could afford such luxuries as sending their son to a bible college we could be educated on the great thinkers before him. Such a life leads MLK to believe in less realistic approach for his peers in his day. While King preached peace X preached reality.
Malcolm grew up in a family strained by the pressure put on by society and the racism that surrounded them. Malcolm learns distrust for the white man early on when his father is killed by Klan members. To make matters worse the little insurance policy that his father had taken out on himself was never paid to the family. The insurance c
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