The Civil rights movement has been a huge part of history throughout the United States of Americans. Overtime there has been two important individuals who have made a huge impact‚ to justify the freedom for blacks; Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. These superior gentlemen have done great things that have given black people the opportunities that they now have today. Although‚ the question is what makes these honorable men similar and different from each other? Born January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta
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Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Malcolm X‚ and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s we can deduce the situation in the United States during the sixties. The most important leaders of the Civil Rights movements were Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. They were the representatives of the Afro-American revolt against discrimination and racism. The two leaders shared the same goal but differed in their approaches. Martin Luther King was a moderate leader‚ while Malcom X was considered more “radical
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Can you turn your life around? well ‚ anything is possible‚ there is no task that cannot tremble in defeat. Malcolm X changes that theory‚ In Malcolm X’s biography he describes exactly how he defeats that theory. Malcolm X is an inspirational figure. He changed his life‚ taught himself an education‚ and his amazing message. Malcolm X is an African American who dropped out of school and had little education‚yet‚ he changed his life. He grew up as a hustler with a lack of reading and writing skills
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with a shaved head and a rebellious attitude‚ seems destined to follow in his big brother’s footsteps. After Danny writes a favorable review of Hitler’s Mein Kampf‚ black high-school principal Sweeney puts Danny #1 in his private "American History X" course and assigns him to do a paper about his older brother‚ who was a former student of Sweeney’s. This serves to introduce flashbacks‚ with the film backtracking to illustrate Danny’s account of Derek’s life prior to the night of the shooting. Monochrome
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Rights is Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X teamed up? Two very different styles of protesting but they both wanted the same thing. Both devoted to their religion‚ yet again very different back grounds. Both grew up very differently yet have impacted the world in drastic measures still today. So what would have happened if they had teamed up against the same fight? Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a calm‚ inspirational figure in the fight against Civil Rights. Malcolm X‚ a controversial‚ aggressive speaker
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all words that characterize a powerful African American individual‚ Malcolm X. A respected person like Malcolm has paved the way for young black individual to fight for your rights and what you believe in‚ which is why he has become a known person and inspiration to the black community because he believed in something bigger and wanted to show others that it could be achievable. Through the many challenges and obstacles that Malcom X had to face his glory and journey continue to live on not only through
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The civil rights leaders Malcolm X and Martin Luther King JR. in their respective arguments “The Ballot or the bullet” and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” argue the injustice that is segregation. Malcolm X was a Muslim minister who advocated for the civil rights of the African American race that at the time was oppressed. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister who advocated for the same cause but with a peaceful approach. X used his influence to bring about much needed change in the
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Film Review-American History X American history X is the shocking drama that takes racism to a deeper level of understanding and shows us a family torn apart by hate and fear. There is loads of films about modern racism but "American History X" is absolutley the best i’ve encountered. Second comes "This is England" that pretty much describes same things but not as accurate as American History. The reckless violence and the strong hate shows us how twisted our modern society is and how a normal
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The Infamous Detroit Red and the Ever-changing Malcolm X In a time full of zoot suits and whiskey bars‚ it was only natural that a youth would get caught up with the current trends. For Malcolm Little‚ life was all about his "image‚" or what he wanted people to see him as. Throughout his life he spent his time identifying who he really was and what he felt in his heart to be right. Throughout certain periods‚ he allowed outside circumstances to influence the way he felt about things‚ yet
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I’m doing my essay on Malcom X and Julius Caesar. I chose to compare both of these men because they both was a leader except for they was a leader for different things. Both men was assassinated for something they believed in. Julius Caesar was born July 13‚ 100 BC‚ Rome‚ Italy. He was assassinated March 15‚ 44 BC‚ Rome‚ Italy. He was a father of 2 and had 2 sisters. He was a Roman political‚ general‚ and notable author of Latin prose. His stature was enhanced further in 74 BC when he put together
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