THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X 1 The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley ABSTRACT 2 Malcolm X had a hard life. He struggled with coexitsting with whites all of his life. He had many trials and tribulations during his time which formed his opinions of races and equality between races. He was taught his earlier opinions by his learning experiences and what he experienced growing up. As he got older he developed a different sense of what
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the atrocities and trials that the African Americans were put through on a daily basis. Malcolm X‚ an influential speaker and proponent of this movement‚ invigorates all people to stand up for justice and fight for proper civil rights. Through his rhetorical choices of sentence length‚ vivid imagery‚ symbolism and historical examples‚ X develops the three persuasive appeals‚ pathos‚ ethos and logos. Malcolm X attacks the white man for the hardships that the blacks of the United States have to endure
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12th‚ 1964 Malcom X gave his famous Ballot or the Bullet speech. This speech took place in Cleveland‚ Ohio. Malcom X spoke in front of a large crowd who were very interactive along with amazed by what Mr. Malcom had to say. Malcom gave this speech to get his point across of Black Excellent. In this year‚ this was the year of election Malcom wants us as black people to start realizing that we are the ones who puts the leader of our country in that office not the white. Malcom X states we’re able to
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In the story “Discovering Books” and the story “Learning to Read”‚ the main characters Richard Wright and Malcolm X grow up with racism all around them. They both are blinded from their dreams of becoming something they wanted. Malcolm’s dream was to become a lawyer‚ and Richard’s dream was to become an author. But the racist people who were the northern whites felt threatened by their presence as a society. In “Discovering Books”‚ Richard is born to a family that lived in poverty. He experiences
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name‚ but he‚ Malcolm X‚ being a rights-activist and public speaker‚ once said‚ “I believe in human beings‚ and that all human beings should be respected as such‚ regardless of their color.” (Quotes by X 1). X‚ a role model to the black community and founder of the Muslim Mosque Inc.‚ was a powerful black leader who fought for human rights and equality. X became one of the most known people‚ somewhat of an alternative to Martin Luther King Jr.‚ to speak up against the law. Many‚ not just X and King‚
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Malcom X’s assassination is a perfect example of backstabbing. Malcom X was a civil rights leader for the nation of Islam. The assassination of Malcom x was justified because members of the nation of Islam saw Malcom as a threat after his departure and many thought Malcom X’s way of protest was dangerous and put many lives in danger. However Malcom was a man who fought for blacks to be the superior race “at any means necessary.” After Malcom was released from jail he went to the nation of Islam
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rights movement outline their platforms and justify their philosophies in regards to how the movement should go about achieving societal change. Although the civil rights movement was brought to national attention by the combined work of MLK and Malcom X‚ the rhetorical strategies employed by the two are quite different and hold varying degrees of effectiveness. These social justice warriors did not receive an equal amount of respect nor did their ideas have an equal amount of impact because
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be a mind blowing masterpiece which might touch millions of lives. Here I will be analyzing the two pieces of writing. The first one is entitled “Homemade Education” written by the most famous‚ prominent and controversial civil right activist Malcom x (1925-1965). He stated all his personal experience of beginning & growth process of his writing and reading skills with their positive attribute in his life. The second of piece
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During the civil rights movement era‚ two significant African- American leaders were at the fore front of the battle. The great El Hajj Malik El- Shabazz also known as Malcom X‚ and the well-respected Martin Luther King Jr. Meanwhile‚ two different individuals‚ but yet shared the same belief‚ which was the liberation of African- Americans from white oppression in America. The Civil Rights era brought many changes for Africans living in the United States. Both were religious leaders‚ Malcom a Muslim
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the poem. Poet-Maya Angelou is a very well known American poet.She has written many other impactful poems that are famous.Also many of her poems have to do with African American oral traditions.Angelou worked for Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcom X during the civil rights movement.As Maya Angelou grew older her poems became very popular.She has also dealt with hardship which has had an influence on the way she writes and what she writes. Time-The poem was published in 1978 by Random House.
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