The Civil Rights Movement was a series of actions that peaked in the 1960s. These political actions aimed to gain rights for African Americans. However, there were two ways to approach the movement. There were some who protested peacefully, like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and others who wanted a more proactive way of fighting, like black rights activist Malcolm X. However, which way was more proactive? While they both had great intentions, Dr. Martin Luther King had a better way to try to gain rights for the African American community. They say you can't fight fire with fire. If violence is countered with aggression, all you do is end up getting burned and the problem escalates. This is the opinion of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that” (Doc. A) This quote rings true, because if African Americans were to become violent against white people, then it would only cast them in a more bad light. They are already considered “animals” and people who do not deserve the same “privileges” as black people. If the oppressed become violent, then that violence will become another thing that whites can accuse them of. This can be used as another excuse for whites to hate African Americans and be ten times more violent. Malcolm He says that the government has failed African Americans and that no one will help African Americans except themselves, and that is why they must act on their own. (Doc. B) However, this can prove counterproductive. Since the government is not... middle of paper... the South was. This became an international embarrassment, which prompted the president to take immediate action. In 1958, the Supreme Court declared that separation was not equal and that schooling must be desegregated. This is a great example of how peaceful protest got things done. The children who tried to go to school behaved very passively and showed no aggression towards the crowd that threatened them. In the matter of civil rights, civil disobedience is a better way to deal with aggression. When African Americans were passive, they were able to gain more civil rights. People saw that these African Americans were ordinary people fighting to gain rights that they had been deprived of for hundreds of years. The mark left by Martin Luther King Jr. in history is still visible today, while Malcolm.