James Baldwin and Malcolm X.

Throughout the history of the United States, communities of all races and religions have been bombarded with activists and modern-day intellectuals expressing there points of view on the plagues of society today. Some of these activists are independent soft spoken conservatives while others are wild ill-willed extremist trying to press for there cause no matter what harm. The late James Baldwin and Malcolm X are two prominent figures in Civil Rights Era. Both pressed for …

…class and the professional civil rights groups. Both Baldwin and Malcolm X were intelligent, logical and eloquent. They experienced racism and social prejudice and were completely aware of it. Both Baldwin and Malcolm X knew that separation and hate would only destroy a free society in the end. Their reactions to these experiences changed there outlook and behaviors regarding racial tensions. These items changed there lives. And there lives changed a country for the better.