While both were on the same side of the civil rights movement, they had vastly different beliefs about the best strategies for promoting social change. Both autobiographies portray these leaders in a fascinating way that makes you feel like you’re right next to them as they go through their lives. While his book took much longer for me to become invested in, his words were also well crafted and he made his arguments about nonviolence well. But afterwards, I thought it would be interesting to read the autobiography of the other most famous civil rights leader of the time, Martin Luther King Jr. His words were well-crafted and pulled you into the book. Over the summer, I picked up Malcolm X’s autobiography and read it from cover to cover.
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