Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
-Pastor in AL
-Civil Rights activists voted king as leader
-"I have a dream" speech in 1963
-Worked for Civil Rights Act
-Congressed passed Civil Rights in 1964
-King received Nobel Peace Prize
-Killed by assassins bullet April 4th 1968 in Memphis, Tenn
Malcolm X 1925-1965
-Was in prison 1946-1952 for burgulary
-Converted to Muslim- "Black Muslim"
-Believed in black separatism
-Took name "X" as lost African name
-Rivarly between X and Nation of Islam because of X's disagreement w Elijah Muhammad
-Started his own organization for all races to Muslims
-Feb 21, 1965 he was shot by his own group as he spoke at a rally in Harlem.
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