The content of this source is partly useful as he does talk about segregation from whites and from this point, we can infer that he does not want to forgive white people for what they and their forefathers have done. I know this because he quotes ‘Even though they appeared to have opened the door, it was still closed. What Malcolm X means by this is that de jure, in 1954 black children were allowed in white schools but by de facto there were still only 0.1% of black children integrated by 1963, nine years after the law had stated all schools must be integrated this is because the states were told to do this with all necessary speed. In contrast, the source does not tell us about doing these things the illegal way or with violence. These factors make this source not totally reliable as it only talks about not integrating with the white society and not forgiving them.
The tone of the source is mainly exaggerated, as Malcolm X was a political opponent of Martin Luther King. This therefore makes the source unreliable, as it is only to do with down grading M.L.K.’s way of integration between both societies.
Overall, this source is only partially useful, as it does not really help us understand why some Black Americans rejected the methods of Martin Luther King. This is mainly because the source only talks about one of the factors in M.L.K.’s method, integration, and why Malcolm X rejected it.
The origin of source ‘D’ is partly useful as the source was written by Martin Luther King and he himself may have actually understood why some Black Americans rejected him. The date however, does not make this source useful as it was written before the height of his career. This meant that by 1963 his methods could have changed and he could have a lot more supporters.
The purpose of this source is mostly to persuade as it from a magazine called ‘Liberation’. Martin Luther King tries to persuade fellow Black Americans that if they do things the legal way they will gain support. He also tries to persuade them that violence is not the way.
The context of the source is quite useful to us as it does tell us that some Black Americans were using violence because otherwise Martin Luther King would just be writing about things that are not affecting anyone. However, the fact that he says ‘But if he seeks it and organises it, he cannot win.’ shows that violence was present during 1959. What Martin Luther King is trying to get across here is that some Black Americans were using violence and they should stop, as it will get them nowhere. We also learn that from the quote that people are using violence and rejecting his methods but we still do not know why they did this, as it does not mention anything about their reasons against M.L.K.
The tone of this source is emotional as well as being factual. It is emotional as he talks in a way that people will start to get people to think about how his methods work and what they will gain if they support him. The tone is also quite factual as it is also trying to say in a sly way that people should stop the violence, as that is what is happening de facto.
Overall, I would say that this source is only partly useful as it only tells us that there was violence but not the reasons for it and doing things the legal way.
