The good, Martin Luther King's focus and the bad, Malcolm X. Martin Luther King Jr. used nonviolence to focus on misconceptions that the dominant white culture imposed on black culture. While Malcolm X believed that fighting back and countering an attack was the key to success. Malcolm X believed that white people were demons. James Baldwin holds a combination of both beliefs. He believed that everyone deserved and needed to love and be loved. He also believed that white people should observe their history and understand it. However, Baldwin was never accepted by either the activist (Malcolm X) or the integrationist (Martin Luther King, Jr.) wing of civil rights..