Malcolm and Mockingbird Deal with the Integration of Blacks and Whites

Malcolm and Mockingbird: Steps Away From Segregation toward Integration

Segregation between blacks and whites probably started about 100 to 150 years ago. However, it seems that the major uproar against segregation until the 1950s and the 1960s. Martin Luther King Jr. dealt with segregation calmly and peacefully. King dealt with segregation by helping to organize the Montgomery bus boycott. In addition, to King's method of dealing with the problem of race relations peacefully, To Kill a Mockingbird also attempted to illustrate that perhaps the best way to deal with segregation and race relations was peacefully and with understanding. I will begin with the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott

The Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955 was led by Martin Luther King Jr. In 1954, Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery Alabama. When he began his work as a pastor, he noticed that the black citizens of Montgomery were indifferent to segregation. According to King, there were three main reasons for the black's community's indifference to segregation. First, there was no strong leadership to help fight segregation. Second, some educated black citizens had jobs in vulnerable positions and they feared that they would lose their jobs if they spoke out against segregation. Third, because some uneducated black citizens depended on the white community for jobs, they also feared speaking out against segregation. In addition to the fear of losing their jobs if they protested segregation, some uneducated blacks believed that they were inferior. In fact, many uneducated black citizens wondered if they deserved better for themselves (King Stride 35-37). However, the black community's lack of concern about segregation was about to change.