“That ballot will cast for a man of the community‚ who has the good of the community by heart” Malcolm X‚ proposed a speech "The Ballot or the Bullet"‚ and he argues that we must understand politics of our community and that we must know what politics is supposed to produce. He described how African Americans were being used and should fight for their civil rights. The reason he tries very hard in his speech is because he believes that this is the solution to ending the discrimination against African
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Movement of the 1950s and 1960s were a profound turning point in American History. African American’s had been fighting for equality for many years but in the early 1950s the fight started to heighten‚ from Rosa Parks‚ to Martin Luther King Jr.‚ to Malcolm X‚ the fight would take on many different forms over the span of two decades‚ and was looked at from many different points of view. The Beginning of the Civil Rights Movement For most historians the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement started
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Malcom X Literacy Behind Bars Briana Toney Alabama State University October 9‚ 2012 English 132.07 Literacy is the ability to read and write and allows people to become influential speakers and powerful leaders. Strictly defined‚ literacy is the quality or state of being literate‚ having possession of education‚ and a person’s knowledge of a particular subject or field. Literacy is not having or involving ignorance; it is having knowledge or competence. The term literacy is derived from the
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Thesis The Autobiography of Malcolm X is the result of collaboration between Malcolm X and journalist Alex Haley. Over a period of several years‚ Malcolm X told Haley his life story in a series of lengthy interviews. Haley wrote down and arranged the material in the first person‚ and Malcolm X edited and approved every chapter. Thus‚ though Haley actually did the writing‚ it is reasonable to consider the work an autobiography. The work is one of the most important nonfiction books of the twentieth
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words of Malcolm X‚ a civil rights leader and political activist in the 1960s. Malcolm X was perhaps one of the most controversial elements in the civil rights movement. His life was full of racism and discrimination. Though his early life was full of ups and downs‚ he managed to “turn his life around”. In doing this he managed to gain the upper hand of the African American culture by giving them hope that one day they would if not be apart of‚ what he called‚ “white mans society” Malcolm X was born
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5.07 Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement Literary Analysis: The tone of Malcolm X is very frank. He does not go for the uplifting approach that many people identify with Dr. King. In “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech‚ he says that “Sitting at the table doesn’t make you a diner‚ unless you eat some of what’s on that plate. Being here in America doesn’t make you an American. Being born here in America doesn’t make you an American.” What he is relaying to the listener’s is most likely harsh for
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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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In the history of the American civil rights movement‚ two seminal figures emerge: that of the peaceful and nonviolent Martin Luther King‚ Jr‚ and the revolutionary and radical Malcolm X. From these two contrasting images‚ America did not know how exactly to classify the movement. On one hand‚ Malcolm X preached independence and a "by any means necessary" approach to achieving equality in The United States and on the other‚ King preached a nonviolent‚ disobedient philosophy similar to that of Gandhi
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42 years after assassination Malcolm X inspires militant struggle against racism By Monica Moorehead Published Feb 18‚ 2007 5:55 PM On Feb. 21‚ 1965‚ revolutionary Black nationalist leader Malcolm X was assassinated while making a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem‚ N.Y. He was only 39 years old. To this day‚ it is still widely believed throughout progressive sectors that the U.S. government was very much behind his death. Malcolm X | Consider the fact that the Federal Bureau
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Bridget Baker Mrs. McQuade Period 2 4/10/12 Racial Discrimination and Segregation In 1619 the very first African Americans arrived in America‚ coming over for the purpose of forced slavery. It’s been nearly four hundred years since then and African Americans are still not treated completely equal. But throughout the years major steps towards equality have been made and as a whole the United States is close to reaching this goal. The first key action taken was abolishing slavery in 1865‚ but
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