Malcolm X

In my opinion, Malcolm X was not a human rights activist. When I think of human rights activism, I think of a peaceful and nonviolent approach for attaining equal rights. It would make sense that you would go about it this way if you were fighting for human rights. It isn't exactly right to be violent. But with Malcolm X, his approach of "whatever means necessary" brings violence. It is almost hypocritical to persuade people to fight whites, when that is exactly what you are trying to overcome. I feel that Martin Luther King Jr. had the correct approach to the Civil Rights Movement, and that is why he was so successful. And of course Malcolm X was successful, but there is a reason we do not learn that much about him in school. His went about things in the completely wrong way.