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    Daniel Shelley Malcolm X Malcolm X was a black activist speaker in his time. He fought for equality for all races and was role model for the black community in this time in history. He was born May 19th 1925‚ in Omaha‚ Nebraska. (“MALCOLM X OFFICIAL WEBSITE 1”) He was very smart‚ his dad was killed in a supposed accident but most historians believe the K.K.K. murdered his father while Malcolm was at the age of six. His mother shortly after had an emotional breakdown and was admitted to a mental hospital

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    Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X: From Illiteracy to Illumination Most people learn to read and write with the help of a teacher and workbooks in a classroom. Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X had none of these advantages. Despite great obstacles both Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X became literate. Although their paths to literacy have some notable differences‚ the similarities are most striking. They both learned to read and write largely on their own‚ and in the process‚ became independent thinkers

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    1 1.When Malcolm faced the frustration of not being able to express what he wanted in letters especially those to Mr. Elijah Muhammad. He begun his studies in the prison were Bimbi his fellow prisoner would lead in conversations because of his knowledge and vast vocabulary. Since Malcolm couldn’t understand the meanings of the words when he was reading the books he learned that he has to study them from a dictionary and also he wanted to improve his penmanship. When he realized that studying using

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    Black history month Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm x are two well-known African Americans in today’s society and historical figures. They both had a huge impact on the civil rights movement‚ even though they both had different ways of expressing their feelings about racism. As we all know two brilliant and brave men are never alike. Martin Luther King Jr. grew up in a family that was in the middle class and got good schooling. However‚ Malcolm x was brought up in a more difficult environment

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    AP World History-Theme Analysis Chart Theme 1: Interaction between humans and the environment. | * Like religious faiths‚ infections and contagious diseases also spread along the trade routes of the classical world. * The most disruptive of these diseases were probably smallpox and measles‚ and epidemics of bubonic plague may also have erupted. * During the second century C.E. epidemics reduced roman population by about one-quarter‚ to forty-five million. | Theme 2: Development and

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    The Autobiography of Malcolm X‚ published in 1965‚ depicts the struggles and successes of Human Rights activist Malcolm X before his fame arose. The author Alex Haley had extensive research and interviews with Malcolm before his death in 1965. The book shows emphasis on the mindset of Marcus Garvey‚ whom Malcolm favored; where the only way for Africans to be “free” from discrimination and oppression was by handling it themselves. Malcolm accounts many times where not only him‚ but the people around

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    exact scene. When Malcolm X was brutally assassinated the author used imagery to help the reader fully realize the perspective of what is happening. The author says “Then the other hand flew up. The middle finger of the left hand was bullet-shattered‚ and blood gushed from his goatee. He clutched his chest. His big body suddenly fell back stiffly‚ knocking over two chairs; his head struck the stage floor with a thud” (443). This enables the reader with a vivid picture of what Malcolm had looked like

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    2017 The Autobiography of Malcolm X Summary Malcolm X‚ was one of the greatest civil rights leaders of all time. His leadership through the unyielding Nation of Islam and strong stance against white culture moved civil rights along like no other leader at the time could. In his autobiography‚ he describes his origins and how he discovered his beliefs which helped shape the civil rights movement. X was born in a small town in Michigan in 1925 under the name of “Malcolm Little”. While Little was

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    The life of Malcolm Little‚ and the hardships he was born into and had to deal with is the purpose of “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”. The text is very beautiful and powerful due to the way the author structures each scenario to the point where the reader becomes greatly involved. Throughout the story‚ the author allows the reader to understand everything by describing every event and confrontation vividly. (Alex Haley‚ Page. 1) “When my mother was pregnant with me‚ she told me later‚ a party of

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    Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X Speech Strategies During the Civil Rights Movement‚ there were two notable African-American activists who played essential roles in breaking racism towards Blacks in the 1950s to 1960s. These two leaders were Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Though both had their own individual ideas on bringing racial tension to an end‚ they presented their beliefs through their influential speeches: I Have a Dream by King and The Ballot or the Bullet by Malcolm X. In their speeches

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