U.S. Civil rights

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Civil Rights Leaders

In the 20th century , there were several people who fought for human rights and civil rights in the United States of America . They were too many and it is hard to even find someone who really portrays a good personality and should be regarded as the best . Each one of this people fought for not themselves only but for the people around the Americas

The raging issue Racial Discrimination among the African-Americans or Black Americans

was the real reason why there were several people from the United States of America who were being courageous to go in the streets and take their chance to shout and address the authorities and even the whole America of fairness and equality

Two from this generation would definitely be Martin Luther King Jr . and Malcom X

who were both civil rights activists in the latter half of the 20th century and both were Black Americans . One was a black man who advocated non-violence in fighting for their rights and the other was a black man who was also part of the religion Islam and once thought that he was deceived by Elijah Muhammad . Both were fighting for their rights as a human person and for the people to treat them equal regardless of the color and the race that they were included . Although fighting for their rights resulted to a number of threats , neither one of them said no and easily five up , rather , they stood up in the crowd and called for more support

Martin Luther King Jr . was one of the people who fought with the black people of America until the end . He was so brave enough that many people had supported him and like Rosa , he also tried to fight for equal rights . He was one of the most prominent black leaders that America has He took several steps in creating a nation of people who are equal , not minding what color their skins have and what kind of race their came from (Heroism Stories and Biographies , 2000

On the other hand , in May 1925 , a leader was born . He was named Malcolm Little but later changed his surname in X when he converted to Islam . He was part of the NOI or Nation of Islam but in the latter part of his grown up life , he left the organization and formed his own and named it Muslim Mosque Inc (Estate of Malcolm X

The issue of Racism in America was not a good thing and it caused too many riots and too many lives . While there are people who were trying their best to be fair and treat each other was normal human beings there are some who placed themselves up in the pedestal for them to be looked up and for them to crush the one underneath him

What Martin Luther King and Malcolm X fought for was not just because they...