Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were Civil Rights icons who seeked[sought] equal rights for everyone during the 1960’s. Martin and Malcolm grew up in different environments, different educational backgrounds, and different religious beliefs and had different views as to why blacks weren’t afforded the same rights as other Americans. Even though they had all these differences, they became Civil Rights icons in the 1960’s with one objective and that was equal rights for everyone.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born Michael Luther King Jr., on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia but later changed his name to Martin. He grew up in a middle class family and attended segregated public schools. He was a very smart student who skipped two grades. Martin graduated from high school at the age of 15, and received a B.A. degree from Morehouse College in 1948, at age 19. For the next three years, he attended Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, where he was elected class......

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Title: Martin Luther King Jr And Malcolm X
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