The Ultimate Cry for Justice
The Ultimate Cry for Justice
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” –Abraham Lincoln
The entire course of battles that have been fought in America’s history has been endured for the goal of freedom and independence. For many years, justice and equality has been one of the country’s most appraised values, thus giving America the subtitle of “the land of the free”, yet many of its citizens continued to practice the dominance of the white race over black. Unable to bear the inequity that has been passed on from one generation to the next, two courageous men bravely stood up and fought for the rights that every man is entitled to regardless of color, race, religion, and beliefs. These men, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK), are famously reputed as the two greatest leaders of the civil rights movement because of the different strategies that they have used in order to bring an end to the on-going complicity of their time. But if a choice was to be made, who would be the better man – King or Malcolm X? Hypocrisy has been floating amidst the air and into the homes of the white race as they claim that they are firm believers of liberty and compatibility amongst their neighbors. Should their claims be true, then why must there be a need to separate the nation’s inhabitants in accordance to their race and skin color? Segregation does not imply equality as it compels pinpointing those who belong to a certain group. If one is able to pinpoint, then the parity of all is nonexistent. Malcolm X prompts his fellow men to stand up and fight with him because for so long, promises have been continuously made, and unless necessary measures were made, none of them were going to be fulfilled. The whites claim that they have indeed been answering to their word giving situations like Linda Brown’s court case, and the students who
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” –Abraham Lincoln
The entire course of battles that have been fought in America’s history has been endured for the goal of freedom and independence. For many years, justice and equality has been one of the country’s most appraised values, thus giving America the subtitle of “the land of the free”, yet many of its citizens continued to practice the dominance of the white race over black. Unable to bear the inequity that has been passed on from one generation to the next, two courageous men bravely stood up and fought for the rights that every man is entitled to regardless of color, race, religion, and beliefs. These men, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK), are famously reputed as the two greatest leaders of the civil rights movement because of the different strategies that they have used in order to bring an end to the on-going complicity of their time. But if a choice was to be made, who would be the better man – King or Malcolm X? Hypocrisy has been floating amidst the air and into the homes of the white race as they claim that they are firm believers of liberty and compatibility amongst their neighbors. Should their claims be true, then why must there be a need to separate the nation’s inhabitants in accordance to their race and skin color? Segregation does not imply equality as it compels pinpointing those who belong to a certain group. If one is able to pinpoint, then the parity of all is nonexistent. Malcolm X prompts his fellow men to stand up and fight with him because for so long, promises have been continuously made, and unless necessary measures were made, none of them were going to be fulfilled. The whites claim that they have indeed been answering to their word giving situations like Linda Brown’s court case, and the students who