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    Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X both had philosophy’s on racial discrimination. Martin Luther King’s philosophy on violence‚ public education‚ and integration made the most sense to Americans in 1600’s‚ than Malcolm X’s philosophy. Martin Luther King believed in nonviolence ‚because violence doesn’t solve any problems and only makes problems worse. Malcolm X did not favor violence ‚but believes that they can’t get realization and dignity of Negroes by civil terms. Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy

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    MLK vs. X Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X were both central figures as leaders in the civil rights movement of the nineteen sixties. Although both leaders were striving towards the same goal of achieving equality‚ they both took different approaches to accomplishing their goals. This is evident through Martin Luther King’s Letter From Birmingham Jail‚ and Malcolm X’s speech The Ballot Or The Bullet. Martin Luther King Jr felt the best way to reach racial equality was to keep faith in America

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    Since the dawn of time‚ there has always existed the concept of good vs evil. Normally‚ this concept is used to explain two forces battling against each other in order to influence people’s actions. However‚ these concepts also exist on a realistic level; although the realistic form is based on race rather than morals. Like a recessive gene‚ black people were suppressed by the dominant gene‚ white people‚ in the 1950’s. Because the oppression was a colossal dilemma and a difficult problem to solve

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    excerpt found in The Autobiography of Malcolm X‚ author Malcolm X attacks his illiteracy while imprisoned for battling the white man. Malcolm in his conversations with other prisoners realized he wasn’t the most articulate hustler any more as he used to be in the street. Bimbi a fellow prisoner in Charlestown Prison would take over conversations because of his vast vocabulary and knowledge from reading. Malcolm was not only impressed but aspired to be as intelligent. Malcolm explains “Bimbi made

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    Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19‚ 1925‚ in Omaha‚ Nebraska. His father‚ a Baptist minister‚ Garvey supported a "back-to-Africa" movement for African Americans. During Malcolm’s early years‚ his family moved several times because of racism. They moved from Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ after being threatened by the Ku Klux Klan. While living in an all-white neighborhood in Michigan their house was burned. When Malcolm was six years old‚ his father was mysteriously murdered. The black community was convinced

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    Malcolm X lived a life marked by extremism. Confronted with extreme racism‚ Malcolm looked for extreme social and religious solutions; this would lead to both his redemption and his demise. This is the story of Malcolm X. Malcolm X lived a life of multiple identities. Born Malcolm Little in 1925‚ he was the son of a Nebraskan preacher. By the time he was in his teens he was known as ‘Detroit Red’ and had descended into a sordid lifestyle of petty crime and drugs. Following his murder at

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    Both Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X were at a disadvantage at one time because of language. The mastery of the English language served as a double-edged sword towards Douglass‚ in contrast‚ it became a stepping stool for Malcolm X. The time and environmental differences between the two individuals affected their motives of learning the English language. Due to slavery‚ Douglass resorted to different strategies to become literate. Malcolm X‚ on the other hand‚ had an abundance of resources in which

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    Malcolm X v.s. Deborah Tannen Malcolm X and Deborah Tannen developed their ideas forty years apart. “Malcolm Little” was Malcolm X’s nick name (Malcolm X 85). Born in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ in 1925‚ Malcolm X rose from a world of street crime to become one of the most powerful and articulate African American leaders in the United States during the 1960’s (Malcolm X 85). Born in 1945 in Brooklyn was Deborah Tannen (Tannen 192). She taught in different countries‚ different states and many different

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    Issues Identity Formation: Malcolm X Everyday African-Americans go through identity formation. Identity formation is the development of the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity. While watching the movieMalcolm X‚ starring Denzel Washington as Malcolm‚ he shows many stages of identity formation. His whole life‚ he went by taking chances. The choices and decisions he made either ended good of ended bad. By the end of the movie‚ it ended in a tragic massacre

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    In chapter four‚ Prashad discussed polyculturalism in the life of Malcolm X who was at first a civil rights activist for the Nation of Islam who fought for the liberation of the blacks. Malcolm X was a polyculturalist in his time because as Prashad puts it‚ “he was engulfed by cultural forces that crept in mostly‚ but not wholly‚ unbeknownst to him” (p. 107). Malcolm X has changed the way Harlem was viewed by many and how the ‘white supremacists’ then racially label Harlem. When he came to Harlem

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