Name: Brandon Kuck Period: 1 10th Grade Research Project Outline Format-2012-13 I. Introduction Paragraph A. Hook Sentence: Malcolm X was one of the fierce black leaders that gave equal rights to their race B. Anecdote or Example C. Background Information: ______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________
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Literacy is a fundamental skill that all people‚ regardless of race or social class‚ need to develop in order to convey ideas and communicate them intellectually. But two hundred years ago‚ learning to read and write was not a privilege. During this time‚ and even today‚ many factors play a role to determine the difficulty of reaching literacy‚ such as the time period a person lives in and where he is raised‚ the color of his skin‚ and even what determines or denies his basic rights as a human being
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In The Autobiography of Malcolm X‚ Malcolm’s life went downfall after his father was murdered when he was eight. Malcolm was sent to reform school where later he realized that being black was a disadvantage because they don’t got a place in society. Malcolm thought as being black as a bad thing‚ he thought he should hate himself for being who he is. However Malcolm realized that being black was lucky because he figured out that the first people were black people. He realized that the religion of
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Perspective Ross Barnett The Ole Miss Riots occurred at a time in American History‚ particularly Sothern‚ when segregationists dominated the political structure. Mississippi politics 1960 is a prime example of the latter‚ with Ross Barnett‚ Mississippi Governor‚ being a proud activist for segregation. He captured a national spotlight in 1962 upon his declaration‚ despite disputes from those higher such as JFK‚ that while he remained in power Mississippi remained a state of segregation. With such
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History has created an idealized representation of the Civil Rights movement as being a grand movement of the 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
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Malcolm X Malcolm spent most of his life fighting for equal rights for African Americans. Born Malcolm Little in Omaha‚ Nebraska on May 19‚ 1925‚ Malcolm’s family received threats from the Klu Klux Klan and police because of his father’s support of the Black civil rights. The family moved to Michigan (the state that I was born in)‚ to get away from the threats to their lives. The move couldn’t protect them from people who hated them. Their house was burned down and the fire department
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Freedom Summer was a highly publicized campaign in the Deep South to register blacks to vote during the summer of 1964. During the summer of 1964‚ thousands of civil rights activists‚ many of them white college students from the North‚ descended on Mississippi and other Southern states to try to end the long-time political disenfranchisement of African Americans in the region. Although black men had won the right to vote in 1870‚ thanks to the Fifteenth Amendment‚ for the next 100 years many were
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The modern militia movement took off in the mid-1990s‚ with the first large militias appearing in 1994 and growth continuing over the next several years. The movement reflected widespread anger over what was seen as the meddling of a relatively liberal administration in Washington—from gun control to environmental laws to a variety of other federal mandates. But what really ignited the movement was the bloodshed in Ruby Ridge‚ Idaho‚ and Waco‚ Texas. In 1992‚ during a standoff between white supremacist
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The apex of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) activity in Nebraska came in the mid-1920’s‚ not knowing the boundaries of social class‚ Klan numbers reached into the tens of thousands. However‚ in the year 1925‚ the annual KKK state convention was going to collide with Nebraska’s state fair on May 19‚ bringing over twenty-six thousand members together. It was also this day that Earl and Louise Little‚ gave birth to Malcolm Little‚ bringing him into a family that consisted of six other siblings. Malcolm Little‚
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B) Describe the views about blacks and whites held and taught by the Nation of Islam and by Malcolm X for many years. Why did such teachings appeal to many African Americans? Intro - Religion plays a big role in altering someone’s personality or changing how people perceive the world. During the 1960’s besides Christianity one of the religion that grew faster was the nation of Islam. The nation of Islam was first founded by Wallace Fard in 1930s. African Americans felt closer to Islam and related
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