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    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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    Introduction Malcolm X is seen as quite a controversial person. His admirers see him as a courageous human rights activist who campaigned for the rights of African Americans and showed white America how racist it was. His enemies see him as a racist‚ anti-Semitic and violent person. Malcolm X was orphaned early in life. At the age of six his father was killed and it has been rumoured that white racists were responsible. Seven years later his mother passed away after which he lived in a series of

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    racism. Malcolm X grew up in a tough place for an African American; he was constantly judged for the color of his skin. He was persecuted throughout his life. He decided that that was not the life he wanted to live so he attempted to change his life to the way he thought was fair. Malcolm X believed that everyone deserved equality in America. However during his life there was no equality for African Americans‚ even though America promises every citizen fair treatment. All Malcolm X wanted was

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    Essay Malcolm X is one of the many who fought alongside for the rights of the black communities with justice and order. Malcolm was also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz‚ he was soon converted to Islam after being released from prison for false charges of robbery. During this time he noticed that the black communities were being treated unfairly and that he had to take action about it. One of his most inspirational speeches given to a large crowd was “The Ballot or The Bullet”. Malcolm then become

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    Learning to Read‚ by Malcolm X Seminar Questions OPENING QUESTIONS 1. “The teaching of Mr. Muhammad stressed how history had been ‘whitened’—when white men had written history books”(P.213). From this sentence‚ I found the word “whitened” very interesting. It was rare to describe the history being “whitened”. Then Malcolm had explained‚ what he meant by “whitened” history. It was how the white races actually dominant and created history‚ since they were the people who wrote history‚ so history

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    Malcolm X U.S. Black-Rights Activist and Religious Leader As well all know we are in the month of February. February is the month of love and the month to celebrate black history. Today I am going to talk about the one and only Malcolm X. I asked many people who they thought Malcolm X was and none of them knew. They were saying that he was a boxer‚ a black dude‚ or a random guy who was celebrated. But little did they know that he was kind of like Martin Luther King except that he believed in taking

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    The Civil Rights Movements throughout the sixties were very turbulent at times and a lot of activists were injured or even killed‚ one of them was Malcolm X. Malcolm X was a very influential man to many people and led the Civil Rights in a lot of areas in the U.S. Malcolm X was a great civil rights leader because he had a troubling childhood that made him who he was‚ he made speeches to the people to defend themselves from the white oppression‚ and his philosophies carried on after his death.

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    Malcolm X and his view on white people Malcolm X and his views on white people “For the white man to ask the black man if he hates him‚ is just like the rapist asking the raped‚ or the wolf asking the sheep‚ ‘Do you hate me?’ The white man is in no moral position to accuse anyone else of hate!” (Malcolm X‚ Autobiography of Malcolm X‚ 1965) Malcolm X (b.May 19‚ 1925; d.February 21‚ 1965) is also known as El-Hjaa Malik El-Shabazz‚ but he changed his name after he became a Muslim

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    events has each writer selected to focus on? The details of Malcolm X being shot by a man of his own color‚ seven times by a man named Thomas Hagan. The writers focus on where the event took place. Malcolm X was a leader of the Black Nationalist Movement and he had followers. Thomas ran and he got shot in the leg by Malcolm’s X bodyguard. He was 22 years old and had several guns with him. Each write also had one or two of Malcolm’s X follower put their opinion of what they saw and hope he did not

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    Malcolm X How is it that a man who was completely illiterate‚ a criminal and even worse he was black‚ in a time that meant you were less than a dog‚ could go on to lead a nation of black people towards freedom? Malcolm X is the classical story of tenacity‚ adversity‚ and determination and his end result was triumph. To Malcolm X reading was the most important thing in the world to him‚ and no matter how hard it would be he wanted nothing more than to learn. He knew that if he were to change his

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