Luther King‚ Jr. and Malcolm X represented two sides of the Civil Rights Movement. Speaking to all of humanity‚ Dr. King made these famous peaceful words‚ “I have a dream‚ a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal” (King‚ 1963‚ para 10). Malcolm X spoke of a violent revolution by claiming‚ “If it’s necessary to form a Black Nationalist army‚ we’ll form a Black Nationalist army.
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this ideal and had different plans and methods to solve the problem. As time when on more‚ and more people joined the battle for civil rights. The more they joined the more the conflicts within the movement began to arise. Whether it was right‚ or wrong to have whites work with blacks in their battle for civil rights or having a younger new generation‚ like Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael. Both bringing questionable methods that differentiate from John Lewis’ methods when it came
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Malcolm X or as in his birth name Malcolm Little was born on May 19‚ 1925 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. His mother was Louise Norton Little and she was a homemaker busy with the family’s eight children. His father was an outspoken Baptist minister and supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. The actions of Malcolm’s father of civil rights activism prompted several death threats from white supremacies and forcing the family to relocate twice before Malcolm’s fourth birthday. His father was found
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Reading Activity 1.2: The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1. a. outspoken b. imitate c. searching d. greatly‚ extremely e. necessary 2. a. Malcolm X b. His self-education while in prison. c. Civil rights movement d. Charlestown prison e. Trying to emulate Bimbi f. Getting a hold of a dictionary and studying/learning some words 3. Malcolm X taught himself by using a dictionary. 4. Malcolm X spent time in the Charlestown prison during the Civil Rights movement. While confined
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Black Power: The Brighter Side By: Alvin Batiller P.2 1960 to 1976‚ the black power movement was a battle to free the blacks from the white political‚ social‚ and cultural authority. The Black Power Movement’s aim was to advocate ethnic pride‚ self reliance‚ self assertion‚ and to maximize opportunities of black individuals. Stokley Carmichael is believed to be the founder of the Black Power Movement. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and his beliefs of non-violence and brotherhood
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book is hand in hand :ten black men who changed america. The authors are Andrea davis pinkney and brian pinkney. The ten main character are benjamin banneker‚frederick douglass‚booker t washington‚W.E.B. dubois‚a philip randolph‚thurgood marshall‚jackie robinson‚malcolm X‚martin luther king jr. and barack hussein obama II. this book should be used in school because it teaches you how you shouldn’t give up because you will reach your goal. The book is mostly about black people starting as a poor
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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 Civil rights movement has been a huge part of history throughout the United States of Americans. Overtime there has been two important individuals who have made a huge impact‚ to justify the freedom for blacks; Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. These superior gentlemen have done great things that have given black people the opportunities that they now have today. Although‚ the question is what makes these honorable men similar and different from each other? Born January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta
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Douglass‚ Malcolm X‚ And Sandra Cisneros‚ of which‚ wrote about all of their painful experiences of before they learned to be literate and also after in their own autobiographies. Frederick Douglass‚ a former slave‚ lived during the time where slavery was allowed but yet figured out to read and write in many ingenious different ways. Malcolm X‚ a protester against discrimination‚ helped Elijah Muhammad
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sit here and think about what it is to be Black in America. I realize how there are so many factors that affect African American people daily. One of the most damaging forces tearing at young black people in America today is the popular culture’s image of what an "authentic" black person is supposed to look like and how that person is supposed to act. People assume all black males where raised in a single parent home. People assume that if you are a black male‚ that you sale drugs or you are really
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