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    Who was the most significant member if the civil rights movement‚ Martin Luther King or Malcolm X ? Martin Luther King and Malcolm X where two very different people‚ with very different views . But were both fighting for the same thing‚ civil rights. Martin Luther King was a civil rights activist‚ also a pacifist he strongly disagreed with any use of violence. Malcolm x on the other hand‚ believed in violence and criticised Martin luther king’s beliefs in non-violent protest‚ because he thought

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    In the article “Coming to an Awareness of Language” by Malcolm X he brings the question of what it truly means to be free. He answers that by saying “Between Mr. Muhammad’s teachings‚ my correspondence‚ my visitors . . . and my reading of books‚ months passed without my even thinking about being imprisoned. In fact‚ up to then‚ I never had been so truly free in my life” (Malcolm X). In the early life‚ Malcom X was involved in the underworld of Harlem where he was known as Big Red. In 1946‚ he was

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    1960’s Diary Entries HIS 135 Pamela Livingston January 13‚ 2013 Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X- Journal Entry #1 February 21‚ 1965 Today‚ we have lost a legacy. Malcolm X was one of the greatest and most influential African Americans the world has ever known. He did so much to make us feel connected with our African American heritage. He would say the things we were thinking but were too afraid to say ourselves. He taught us to stand up for

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    Malcolm X writes about his experience as a young boy‚ wanting to be like the people around him. During the time period this short story‚ My First Conk was written‚ racism was very much alive. There is a short paragraph written about the author before the actual short story. This section reveals some of the background of Malcolm X. His entire family was targeted for the color of their skin. Back then‚ the ‘normal’ people were people with white skin. People with white skin had straight and smooth hair

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    biographical film “Malcolm X‚” my understanding of Malcolm X was very little and my being taught of him even less. I grew up in a very small town in East Texas‚ a very rural area that was not surprisingly dominantly white. In school‚ I was taught very little about the Civil Rights movement and all the teachings was focused on Martin Luther King Jr. Sadly‚ I had no previous idea or understanding of Malcolm X to even compare to the film. I understood the film to present Malcolm X to be an American hero

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    Title The Extent That Malcolm X Achieved His Goals In The Civil Rights Movement And The Legacy He Left Behind Outline Plan Define and justify: This project will serve to highlight the role of Malcolm X in the struggle to fight for black civil rights in the civil rights movement in the USA‚ which was led by many groups at the time such as the NAACP‚ The Black Panthers and Martin Luther King. I chose to research Malcolm X’s involvement because he expressed the anger‚ struggle and insistence of black

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    Malcolm X and MLK Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was a Baptist minister and the leader of the civil rights movement. He faced many discriminations and became a preacher that won many worthy titles as a black man. MLK tried to explain and persuade the society in coming together in peace for the future children to be equal no matter what color of skin. MLK had a dream that both white and black men unified to have equal rights of life‚ liberty‚ and pursuit of happiness.On the other hand‚ Malcolm X was prisoned

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    disobedience in which he spoke. Martin Luther king was a true civil rights leader. Malcolm X Malcolm X was born as Malcolm Little on May 19‚ 1925 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. Malcolm was an intelligent child‚ graduating at the top of his class‚ however his dream of becoming a lawyer was brushed by his teacher who said his goal wasn’t realistic because he was black. Soon after‚ he lost interest in school‚ and dropped out. Malcolm became involved in negative environment and started committing crimes and illegal

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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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    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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