Martin Luther King and Malcom X
... King and the Dream The world saw him as a marching protest leader, an activist, spokesman, civil rights leader, and the conscience of a nation. ... King once said, "before I was a civil rights leader, I was a preacher of the gospel. ... King went back home. ... Martin Luther King and Malcolm X: Different Men With the Same Goal Five Works Cited Martin Luther King jr. and Malcolm X are still highly controversial African-American leaders. Martin, a Christian integrationist, and Malcolm, a Muslim nationalist have been a powerful force against racial injustice. Each man sacrificed his life for the freedom of his people; however, Martin and Malcolm had taken very different approaches in achieving equality and identity for African-Americans in the land of their birth.