The Ballot or the Bullet is a gripping speech that stresses the importance of voting and black nationalism for African Americans through these two methods that’s how the black community will promote change. The historical discourse was delivered in 1964 to the Cory Methodist Church by human rights activist‚ minister‚ and icon Malcolm X. The speech demonstrates the power of discourse more importantly serves as the perfect example of a rhetorical situation. The civil rights movement was a pivotal time
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The Evolution of Malcolm X Donelle Harris DeVry University Professor Gardner 10/14/11 The Evolution of Malcolm X Malcolm X is my role model because of the adversity he had to overcome and the profound effect he had on Black America and society as a whole. Malcolm Little was born May 19‚ 1925 in a hospital in Omaha‚ NE. (Autobiography of Malcolm X‚ by Alex Haley‚ p.2‚ phg.3). He was one of eight children of Earl and Louise Little. His father was a Preacher
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Reading Activity 1.2: The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1. a. outspoken b. imitate c. searching d. greatly‚ extremely e. necessary 2. a. Malcolm X b. His self-education while in prison. c. Civil rights movement d. Charlestown prison e. Trying to emulate Bimbi f. Getting a hold of a dictionary and studying/learning some words 3. Malcolm X taught himself by using a dictionary. 4. Malcolm X spent time in the Charlestown prison during the Civil Rights movement. While confined
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Malcolm X: By All Means Necessary As I finished reading the book "Malcolm X: By All Means Necessary"‚ I thought about a lot of the things Malcolm X stood for; equal rights‚ black power and freedom from the "white man". Malcolm had an ideology that he stood for strongly‚ which to me is especially important. Malcolm fought for the black population in the 1960’s through adversity and defeat‚ he took a stand for what he believed in and helped change the
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Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X Christian Hamlin HIS/145 01/30/2014 Professor Lucht Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X The death of the great Malcolm X was a most tragic day. On February 21‚ 1965 Malcolm X was preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom where he was gunned down by three men‚ one of the gunmen was a member of the Nation of Islam Talmadge Hayer (Journal‚ 2014). Malcolm X was a great leader not because he wanted
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Hasti Sharifkhani Professor Pryor 9/10/14 Learning to Read: pg. (189) 1) What motivated Malcom X to educate himself is that while he was spending 7 years in prison he educated himself and became a discipline of Elijah Muhammad‚ founder of the nation of Islam. Many people think that he went to school far beyond the eighth grade. But this impression is due entirely to his prison studies. He argues that Bimbi was the first person that made him feel envy of his stock knowledge. He also explain
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American Experience Louis Farrakhan Louis Farrakhan is best known today as the head of the Nation of Islam. The Nation of Islam supports black independence along with some of the practices and beliefs of Islam religion. One of its main goals is for blacks to attain self-sufficiency in today’s culture. Farrakhan has been criticized by some as a racist towards non-black races but others say he is a credit to all races. Farrakhan has sparked more criticism in recent years‚ particularly from the U
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Malcolm X writes about his experience as a young boy‚ wanting to be like the people around him. During the time period this short story‚ My First Conk was written‚ racism was very much alive. There is a short paragraph written about the author before the actual short story. This section reveals some of the background of Malcolm X. His entire family was targeted for the color of their skin. Back then‚ the ‘normal’ people were people with white skin. People with white skin had straight and smooth hair
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Book Title: MALCOM X SPEAKS Isaiah Lovell Class of 2014 Period: 3 Course: World History-Honors 9/20/12 MALCOM X SPEAKS Author: George Breitman Publisher: Grove/Atlantic‚ Inc. Year of publication date: 1/28/1994 Number of pages: 240 Literary type: Non-Fiction I chose this book because I thought it would be a good choice for the class. It gives us a view on some of the speeches that not only changed segregation but changed history and peoples thoughts to the problems
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Malcolm X- Harlem Speech Malcolm X uses several persuasive techniques to make the speech appealing to the audience‚ and to get them to respond in a certain way. His aim is to make them understand that they are not being treated equally in relation to white people even though its the only way that they know. Some of the techniques used are repetition‚ specific tone‚ inclusive language and shows some signs of constructing a persona. He uses repetition of words and ideas in his speech. Repetition
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