He didn’t actually accomplish much. I’ve read some of his work and while his intentions were good is execution was frankly terrible.
Violence with just get you labeled as a terrorist by the government and ultimately the public. However, it is much harder to ignore violence and arrest on innocent people. The civil rights movement happened because of two general things:
People were willing to suffer for the greater good
There was clear leadership and direction in the movement. The leadership pushed for very specific things and had a clear plan of how to get to the destination. Protests that protest vague ideas get no where since there is no clear actionable change.
Peaceful protesting is the only effective way unless you plan on starting a violent revolution that will kill lots of people and result in a dictator.
Martin Luther King Jr. had this figured out. You should read some of his work.
MLK only succeeded because the powers that be had a choice between MLK and Malcolm X.
If Malcolm X wasn’t a credible force, MLK would have been as effective as OccupyWallStreet
Malcolm X was right
He didn’t actually accomplish much. I’ve read some of his work and while his intentions were good is execution was frankly terrible.
Violence with just get you labeled as a terrorist by the government and ultimately the public. However, it is much harder to ignore violence and arrest on innocent people. The civil rights movement happened because of two general things:
People were willing to suffer for the greater good
There was clear leadership and direction in the movement. The leadership pushed for very specific things and had a clear plan of how to get to the destination. Protests that protest vague ideas get no where since there is no clear actionable change.