Malcolm X
- Became the leader of the black Muslims in the USA
- Blacks rejected Christianity as 'white' religion
- He had contempt for those who followed Martin Luther King's pacifist methods
- He believed blacks needed to protest with force
- Assassinated in 1965, possibly because of his disputes with the black Muslim Movement
Race Riots and Violent Protest
- Many blacks were not patient and peaceful when it came to protest
- In the late 1960s many poor ghettos erupted into rioting and burning property
- Slogan was "Burn baby burn"
- The Afro hair style and raise clenched fist became the symbol for resistance
- "Black Power"