How Religion effected Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X in the civil rights movement in the l960s and 70s? Martin Luther king was a Christian minister who was influenced mainly by Christianity. He was influenced a lot by Jesus Christ and the Christian gospel in which he would almost always quote in his religious meetings and speeches at church. Religion inspire Martin Luther King to change and help everyone understand that we are all God's children, no matter what race or color we are. Due to the religion he follow he changed a lot of people view, change many lives and history. Martin gave the most inspirational and best speeches in history. Martin wanted to help people understand that God's commandment of loving your neighbor as yourself, loving God above all, and loving your enemies should be followed. Martin Luther inspiration came from Jesus extreme love he had. Religion had a big effect on Martin because it kept giving him faith and strength to continue even though people hurt him and constantly threatened him. He was inspire by Christianity and wanted people to understand violence was not the answer. This ideals of nonviolence were promoted the best methods to fight for civil rights. He use his religion beliefs and taught them to others in order to fight for civil rights. Religion was what help Martin fight for civil right movements, he chose to follow God's teaching in order to help achieve colored people's freedom. Unlike Martin Luther King Malcolm X wanted to use violence and separate blacks from others, he did not want integrity with the whites. Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He was the leader of the black Muslim Nation of Islam and soon became visible national spokesman for the Black Muslims. As the voice of the organization he was a speech-writer, a philosopher, and an inspiring speaker who was often quoted by the media. His debating talents against white and black opponents helped spread the movement's message. At