To be a humans the first three characteristics are your skeletal makeup‚ Malcolm X theory and John Locke’s philosophy. Skeletal makeup is actually defines us into the category of homo sapiens. Malcolm X explains what it means to be human to be respected as a human‚ given the rights as a human. Finally there is John Locke’s philosophy‚ the rights of humans are Life‚ Liberty‚ and Property (The U.S. Declaration of Independence). First trait that makes up a human is the skeletal makeup. All
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the African American community declaring it as Black Power. Although this power was mostly outspread in the north‚ north blacks were still confined to public high schools and homes. In addition‚ the group known as the Nation of Islam emerged with Malcom X as their leader. He claimed that African Americans were in war with the whites. Following his religion in Islam‚ Malcom X performed a pilgrimage in Maca. On his return‚ he was assassinated by the black Muslims group due to his change on violence.
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demand equality for blacks and to urge Congress to pass civil rights legislation. The March is best remembered for Martin Luther King’s "I Have a Dream Speech." It was believed that the rally would build support for President Kennedy’s civil rights bill and everyone agreed that it should embrace both blacks and whites. The significance in this March is that nothing positive really happened right away for blacks but as time went on large improvements were made towards the black community. Thirty-five
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Working Together For The Same Cause. This paper will focus on Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King jr. because they are both strong representations of two different approaches to a common goal. Perhaps their different approaches of violence and nonviolence stem from their original opinions of how capable the whites are of being good. Of the many African American leaders and authors of the sixties‚ they shared similar feelings towards the white run American society in which they lived. They all
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all words that characterize a powerful African American individual‚ Malcolm X. A respected person like Malcolm has paved the way for young black individual to fight for your rights and what you believe in‚ which is why he has become a known person and inspiration to the black community because he believed in something bigger and wanted to show others that it could be achievable. Through the many challenges and obstacles that Malcom X had to face his glory and journey continue to live on not only through
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X as Told by Alex Haley is one of the bestselling publications in American history. Writing about a controversial public figure and topic can put a writer’s life and the publisher’s business at risk but spreading awareness on the struggles of black Americans was of great importance then. In addition to the accounts written by Alex Haley‚ the foreword by Attallah Shabazz and eulogy by Ossie Davis at the end part provides readers more interesting facts about the colorful
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Malcolm X I was an American revolutionary. My life was impactful for many individuals; however‚ my death carried a strong meaning. Although I dropped out of school at the age of 15‚ I educated myself throughout my time in prison. I studied Elijah Muhammad‚ who was an advocate and teacher of the Nation of Islam. When I was paroled‚ I taught and promoted the principles of the Nation of Islam. I became the national spokesman’s helping increase the membership from a couple hundred to around thirty
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just wanted equality for the blacks. The key people that actually stood up for their rights To get equality for the blacks and they were Martin Luther King and Malcolm x. They both had the same goals which were getting freedom for the black people but had different strategies to achieve their goals. Martin Luther King and Malcolm x had totally different upbringing. Martin Luther was raised in a middle-class family which he was also educated. On the other hand‚ Malcolm x was the opposite he was not
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other traits are those which you develop overtime due to various incidents in life. These are the learned traits and these can be eliminated with effort. With this in mind‚ we can now form justifications to the similarities and differences between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King; in the way they approach the problem‚ the type of person they are and reasons that justify that. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most
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Malcolm X vs Martin Luther King JR During the 1960s African Americans we fighting to gain their equal rights in the United States. Two of the main leaders during the civil rights movement were Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. They both had different approaches toward their same goal of equal rights for African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr’s philosophy made the most sense in the 1960s because of his thoughts towards improving the economy in African American communities‚ his nonviolent approach
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