Explain the differences between Martin Luther King's and Malcolm X's visions of the means to achieving racial justice

What will be an ideal response?


Martin Luther King, Jr., was committed to following a nonviolent path to racial justice using peaceful political protest, while Malcolm X believed that violent means could sometimes be necessary, for example, in situations that called for self-defense.

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a. civil society b. privatization c. act utilitarianism d. rule utilitarianism

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