In Learning to Read‚ Malcolm X‚ one of the most articulate and powerful leaders of black America during the 1960s‚ describes his struggle of self-education while being incarcerated. Malcolm X composed his journey of self-in order to convey the message that the reader should strive to look for more than what is taught to them by the public school system‚ to‚ in a way‚ look outside the box. The three portions of the rhetorical triangle‚ to analyze Learning to Read‚ are the audience‚ author‚ and text
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prison library. However‚ all of the knowledge that was gained by Malcolm X during his incarceration was colored by the Black Nationalist teachings of Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Nation. One of the things I noticed the most about Malcolm X’s education‚ is how he was enlightened by his mentor about how history and the books he read were "whitened"‚ or the accomplishments of black people and society was either ignored or the credit taken by others. Each morsel of information that he gained was
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you to know. Indeed we wish we could sit down and tell it to you all at once. So you would know for a certainty‚ just as we do that ALLAH IS GOD‚ THE HONORABLE ELIJAH MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER AND ISLAM AS TAUGHT BY HIM IS THE ONLY SALVATION THAT BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICA HAVE‚ OR WILL EVER HAVE: but unfortunately we can’t do that. Time won’t permit and even if it did‚ you could not understand it all at once. One of the most important elements that you must understand in your new role as a follower
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followers developed techniques for attracting African Americans from black nationalist rallies that advocated for a return to Africa and African roots. (X 219-223). Exposed to more radical ideas‚ Malcolm became more critical of other African American civil rights leaders‚ calling them “integration-mad Negroes” and “Uncle Toms.” (X 248-249) At first‚ Elijah Muhammad‚ the leader of the Nation of Islam‚ discouraged any discreditation of other black civil rights leaders‚ but when attacks on the Nation of Islam
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Jail is a place to rehabilitate yourself from the wrong you have committed or have been convicted of doing. Malcolm X’s “A Homemade Education” is his narrative to how he formed his opinion or beliefs while he was incarcerated. He met a man named Bimbi‚ who motivated Malcolm to get educated by self-realizing how much he really didn’t know. The factor that sustained his drive for an education was his own curiosity and concern for civil rights. The process of his own education began with any book he
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entire black society coming together to show the world they want to be recognized for having basic human rights. This romanticized ideology of the Civil Rights movement is lovely in theory‚ however‚ it is one that is very dangerous to the fight that still exist today for black rights. According to Tommie Shelby in his book We Who Are Dark: The Philosophical Foundations of Black Solidarity identifies two ideologies that led the Civil Rights movements; strong black nationalism‚ weak black nationalism
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Adnan Basic As a Muslim growing up in the United States‚ I always had an innate curiosity for Malcolm X. I knew very little of him‚ with the only information I knew was that he was a black civil rights leader who converted to Islam‚ and was synonymous with the Nation of Islam. Through reading his autobiography‚ I not only got to learn how he became a Muslim‚ but why he had converted. This conversion not only lead to him becoming a better person‚ but a better leader‚ which helped him become a key
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fresh start by going to Mecca to do the pilgrimage. The reason why Malcolm went to Mecca was because he wanted to established his own Muslim organization which stemmed from a desire in him to learn more about the historical origins of islam and the black race. His trip to mecca brought him to the awareness that the enemy was an international power ‚ arrangement which grew out of certain thought pattern. Furthermore‚ Malcolm X had heard about a Ku Klux Klan reward for his death. However He then felt
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devoted his whole life to Islamic beliefs. He was so driven to learn his religion and for equality among his fellow brothers and sisters. During segregated times Malcom X was a civil rights activist who wanted all blacks to be treated equally and fair. Though the way he saw it was that black people must do anything and everything to be treated fair even if it lead to violence. His drive made him a target for the FBI and they kept a close eye on his every
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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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