Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam

Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam.

1. Malcolm X was a preacher for the Nation of Islam (NOI), which was a group set up in July 1930 that demonstrated against integration. Malcolm X and the NOI argued that even if segregation ended, discrimination wouldn't, and that Black people would be much better off staying segregated and living separately, although with the same facilities as whites.
2. Malcolm X was also in favour of violence in order to cause change, and that it was acceptable as people Black people that were attacked would only be harming others in self-defence. Malcolm X became the pioneer of many Black people who believed that violent action was necessary and that non-violent actions weren't working. 
3. MLK and Malcolm X had polar-opposite ideas; MLK believed in non-violent actions, X believed in violent actions; MLK believed in working with the government, X believed that the government was evil, as they were the cause of centuries of "exploitation of black people". But later, both MLK and Malcolm X changed their positions, with X leaving the NOI and becoming more open towards focusing on things such as voter registration and less towards other inequalities faced by blacks, whereas MLK began to get more frustrated with the little change that was happening, growing more impatient  - there was still the huge divide between them, though. Malcolm X was assassinated in February 1965.