MLK and Malcolm X: Different Tactics Same Results Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X grew up in different environments. King was raised in a comfortable middle-class family where education was firmly stressed. Malcolm X, on the other hand came from an underprivileged home, where education was not such a big deal. Malcolm X was a self taught man, who received little schooling and rose to greatness on his own due to his own intelligence …showed first 75 words of 2648 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2648 total…rights leader is known for his leadership excellence. In the end even though the two were different in addressing their messages about black respect and pride, they both had a common goal. That goal was to achieve equality between all races. Although they were different in the beginning, in the end the two both gave their lives doing what was right, and the shades off the eyes of an America that was blinded by racism.