Autobiography My name is Nichelle Johnson‚ I was born in El Campo‚ Texas. I grew up in Wharton‚ Texas. My Mother Joyce had four children. She was a single mother working to support us on her own. I am the third child born out of four. I have one niece and two nephews. Shardra‚ is my oldest sister she’s a full-time Special Education teacher in Fort Bend County. My brother Jamel lives in Houston working in a warehouse at Randstad. My youngest sister Veshia works at Kids World and is majoring
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What would the world be like if we didn’t have Malcolm X? The social and economic ravages of Jim Crow era racism were all-encompassing and deep-rooted. Yet like a phoenix rising from the ashes of lynch mobs‚ debt peonage‚ residential and labor discrimination‚ and rape‚ the black freedom movement raised a collective call of "No More”! Who’s philosophy is better MLK or Malcolm X? Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.‚ January 15‚ 1929 – April 4‚ 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist
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Assess the impact Malcolm X had on the Civil Rights Movement Malcolm X‚ a civil rights activist‚ had a significant impact on the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Malcolm X challenged conservative Americans by the Civil Rights Movement exposing discriminatory practices which led to significant changes in what the legal system declared unlawful. Although Malcolm X had a different approach to Martin Luther and produced different results‚ their end aim was the same. His impact socially
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The Autobiography of a “Cricket Bat” by Anjana Mazumdar Hi! Mr. Bat‚ why are you crying? Were you also thrown away by your master?” Mr. Tinman asked me. I burst into tears and narrated him my sad story “Ah! Those were my golden days of childhood. I was born in England. My father was one of the highly prized willow tree. It was seasoned for about a year before it was given to a master craftmen for chiselling into a fine bat. Like sculptor he shaped raw wood into beautiful bats. With
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Jr. and Malcolm X have the key to its freedom. Similar to society‚ Martin Luther King Jr. is locked in jail and uses his situation to write “Letter from Birmingham Jail”‚ a letter pushing for the end of racism. The other civil rights leader‚ Malcolm X‚ is building support to fight discrimination with “Racism: The Cancer that is Destroying America”. It takes a lot to convince people to think a certain way‚ let alone to act out on behalf of those thoughts. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are both
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Malcolm X Malcolm X was a very influential man when it came to the civil rights movement ‚and he showed determination throughout his whole life and was very determined to bring about change to the world. Malcolm X father (Earl Little) and Marcus Garvey were part of an organization for the black militant universal negro improvement association. Garvey and his supporters wanted African Americans to return to Africa to escape the oppression against blacks in the US. White vigilantes terrorized the
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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‚ later known as Malcolm X‚ then El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz‚ would later become one of most influential African American Muslim minister and human rights activist‚ as told by Manning Marable’s "Malcolm X: A Life Of Reinvention". Manning elaborates on every part of Malcolm’s life‚ explaining furthermore his
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Nyria Madison 11-12-12 Word count 553 Response Paper 3 Malcolm x and Martin Luther King Jr. are both powerful leaders. Malcolm X believed in violence and Martin Luther King believed in nonviolence. These two leader shared belief and hopes but they also had their differences. Malcolm X was born in Omaha‚ Nebraska on May 19‚ 1925. Malcolm did not believe in nonviolence or advocate integration. (Harold 610) He attracted black people’s attention and was eloquent‚ passionate
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Malcolm X’s legacy to the struggle for black equality in the USA went far beyond focusing on solely equality. Malcolm X hardly forgot the fact that he was the ‘servant’ and not the ‘master’ of the black nation’s aspirations and dreams. Malcolm X resisted the objective of integration and encouraged blacks to build their own society. ‘We can never win freedom and justice and equality until we do something for ourselves’.[i] He felt they should shield themselves against violence‚ ‘by any means necessary’
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Struggle Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were labeled as extremists however they both had different reasons that led them to be labeled this way. At the end of the day it is evident that neither of these two activists were extreme because they were simply asking for what should have never been taken away from them-their freedom. The idea of taking direct action and changing things for the better were all things that Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X dedicated themselves to during the revolution
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