Malcolm X blamed whites, whom he referred to as the "white devil," for blacks' historical oppression. He advocated for black power, self-defense, and economic autonomy, as well as racial pride.
Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolent resistance model, King believed that peaceful civil rights protests would result in favorable media coverage and public opinion.
The NAACP's mission is to ensure minority group citizens' political, educational, and social equality, as well as to eliminate race prejudice. The NAACP works to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination through democratic means.
Nonviolent protests, according to the Black Panthers, could not truly liberate black Americans or give them power over their own lives. They linked the liberation movements in Africa and Southeast Asia to the African American liberation movement.