Alanna Mason Period 8 Martin Luther King v. Malcolm X Martin Luther King has been known for using peace to help him get equality among all people but especially African-Americans. He was not the type of leader that resorted to violence in order to get the equality that he fought for. King has been known for moving people by the use of his speeches like King’s I Have a Dream and I’ve Been to the Mountaintop speeches. King shows through these speeches that even though he was determined to get equal
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Question Presented Is Malcolm X considered a martyr or a menace to society? Facts of the Case Malcolm Little was born on May 19‚ 1925 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. His family has been plagued with offences from whites. His father was killed‚ possibly from the KKK. His mother‚ stricken by his father’s death and stresses to provide for his children‚ was accepted into a mental institution. When he was in high school‚ Malcolm was a bright student with dreams of becoming a lawyer‚ but they were crushed
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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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they’ve become apart of us. It’s become easier for us to get caught up in the middle of the little things when we should start focusing on the things that truly matter. In the poem "The Second Coming"‚ William Butler Years portrays a worsening society that has chosen sin over faith. In the poem "The Second Coming"‚ the diction conveys the theme of the loss of hope by using ominous phrases. Such as "The darkness drops again" (18) which implies that darkness has been in their society before and has returned
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Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and Malcolm X are two powerful men in particular who brought hope to blacks in the United States. Both preached the same message about Blacks having power and strength in the midst of all the hatred that surrounded them. Even though they shared the same dream of equality for their people‚ the tactics they implied to make these dreams a reality were very different. The background‚ environment and philosophy of Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and Malcolm X were largely responsible for
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Malcolm X: By All Means Necessary As I finished reading the book "Malcolm X: By All Means Necessary"‚ I thought about a lot of the things Malcolm X stood for; equal rights‚ black power and freedom from the "white man". Malcolm had an ideology that he stood for strongly‚ which to me is especially important. Malcolm fought for the black population in the 1960’s through adversity and defeat‚ he took a stand for what he believed in and helped change the
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The Assassination of Malcolm X was unjust because he was a civil rights activist. As an American Muslim minister himself‚ he helped change society and its wrongs. However some may argue that he preached racism and violence to his followers. Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21th‚ 1965. Born on May 19‚ 1925‚ because of his dad’s civil right activism‚ the family received harassment from white Supremacist groups like the KKK. As an adult‚ Malcolm indicated white America in its harshest terms for
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10/11/2011 To: Pamela Ansaldi From: Paula Black Subject: Richard Wright and Malcolm compare and contrast essay. Richard Wright and Malcolm x were two gigantic inspirational speakers. They were two historians who pave the way for what America has become. Although it’s an ongoing journey their struggles and determinations‚ have given many other who followed in their footsteps. The courage they need to open the doors to discriminations instilled in it. Love‚ peace
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contrasting two great people. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are very prominent African American individuals throughout history. They fought for what they stood for but in many different ways. As we all know in history there are no two great men that are alike. Their many beliefs may have blossomed from the households they came from and how they grew up. King grew up in a middle class family and was well educated. While‚ Malcolm X grew up in an underprivileged environment that was very hostile
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Having a high standard of reading is very crucial in terms of being an articulate writer and speaker. This happens in the article “Learning to Read”‚ Malcolm X‚ a street hustler convicted of robbery who spent seven years in prison educating himself‚ articulately describes in depth details the process of learning to read and write and how he used his reading skills to read religion and history books later on. Malcolm X claims that prison afforded him a great education free of distractions found in college‚ awakened him to his passion about reading
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