Malcolm X and Lyndon B. Johnson

True and real equality of the African-American race: Opposing views from Malcolm X and Lyndon B. Johnson

In the history of the Negro's struggle to fight for his/her civil rights, two important political figures became prominent in advancing the Negro community's cause for equality and abolition of racial prejudice and discrimination: Malcolm X and former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Each political figure advocated for opposing sides of the civil rights movement, yet both had contributed to the development and promotion of giving equal opportunities for Negros, not only in socially, but also legally through the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Indeed, the passage and implementation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 had been the primary contention in which Malcolm X and Johnson had argued for equality between the white and black Americans in all aspects of life. In promoting their respective views of...
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