Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X are seen as unprecedented heroes of the Civil Rights movement. They relentlessly campaigned for equality between blacks and whites. Through their powerful leadership and strategic rhetoric they became Messiah like figures and generated a huge following throughout the United States and the rest of the world. Although the rhetoric of Martin and Malcom had an enormous impact on the progress of the civil rights movement‚ we should not romanticize these men. Despite
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to fight against the tendency." (11) I completely agree with this statement. We should start into taking consideration on what others what to say. This is portrayed by many individuals such Malcolm X‚ Sherman Alexie‚ and Rita Mae Brown. Malcolm X’s ‘Learning to Read’ covered about how illiterate Malcolm X was. He became frustrated at not being able to express on what he had to convey in his letters‚ especially those to Mr. Elijah Muhammad. He fought against the tendency of being illiterate. Prison
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Awareness of Language‚ by Malcolm X‚ we are told the story of how a young Malcolm X developed from a illiterate street hustler to a self educated man in prison who would later go on to lead the Nation of Islam. Malcolm X recalls his stay in the Norfolk Prison Colony School as never feeling “so truly free in life.” OInTThe reader gets a firsthand account of the story from Malcolm X‚ which gives the audience a better and more realistic connection to situations in the story. Malcolm X did not have an easy
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Christian and believing in love for all mankind. As a result‚ they were successful because they drew on the support from white people. In contrast‚ was Black Power Activists who some like Malcolm X‚ believed that blacks should defend themselves because it made them look weak and allowed whites to take advantage. Malcolm X wasn’t a Christian and so he didn’t believe in King’s Christian philosophy. This is a clear difference in both methods and ideology. King also wanted integration with whites‚ which can
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Reading Response “Homemade Education” In the essay "A Homemade Education‚" Malcolm X begins with explaining the struggles of how he taught himself to read and write in prison by using a dictionary and wrote from every night. He discusses how his interest and resolve to be "able to read and understand"(Malcom 227). Literature has led him to a freedom which he had never felt before. As he followed the teachings of Elijah Muhammad‚ he found astonishing interest in black history and slavery. His tone
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time‚ and also helped educate the masses on what the leaders of this movement felt needed to be changed. One of these books was “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”. In it‚ one of the most influential‚ controversial‚ outspoken civil rights leaders opens up about his personal life‚ but also‚ his beliefs on the issue of race in America. Malcolm was known for his sometimes extreme views on black people reaching equality. However his autobiography was written at a time when he relented slightly
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written‚ persuasive‚ outstanding and poetic. Malcolm X‚ a human rights activist wrote this speech because he was annoyed with the delay in reaching a verdict on the rights of Afro-Americans in the congress. He wanted to make it clear to them that if they couldn’t make a decision on the issue Afro-Americans would take matters into their own hands claiming it was either the ballot or the bullet promising a violent seizure of his people’s civil rights. Malcolm also wrote the speech to respond directly
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William Shakespeare once said‚ “And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse”; in this case that fault is terrorism. Terrorism is the use of any violence‚ or intimidation that targets‚ or endangers‚ another individual’s civil liberties‚ politics‚ or government. Terrorism takes violence to an extreme level with no logical reason‚ or methodology. Terrorism is an excuse for the weak minded‚ who would rather assert their “authority” or “position” through violence‚ rather
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Homemade Education”‚ by Malcolm X‚ the intended audience is any individual‚ primarily from the minority groups. Malcolm X states that how is one to “get civil rights before first he wins his human rights (X 233)?” This pieces main purpose is to persuade the reader to dive in a mind set of an “Austrian monk (X 230).” An individual who can apply his understanding in reality‚ with hopes of acquiring piece and prosperity. Being locked in prison was his best bet‚ as an “articulate hustler (X 227)” changed to
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Alexis Augustin AAA S Malcolm X Survey Essay A Vote for a Better Future Black Americans of today need to register to vote and make use of their voting rights if they want to see a change to the current state of democracy. In the contemporary world of today Americans are said to be living in the most equal nation‚ one where its citizens are entitled to a variety of inalienable rights‚ one in particular being the right to vote. However this was not always the case. From the times of
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