Book Title: MALCOM X SPEAKS Isaiah Lovell Class of 2014 Period: 3 Course: World History-Honors 9/20/12 MALCOM X SPEAKS Author: George Breitman Publisher: Grove/Atlantic‚ Inc. Year of publication date: 1/28/1994 Number of pages: 240 Literary type: Non-Fiction I chose this book because I thought it would be a good choice for the class. It gives us a view on some of the speeches that not only changed segregation but changed history and peoples thoughts to the problems
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The Assassination of Malcom X “By any means necessary.”- Malcom X. Malcom X was a civil rights activist during the era of civil rights and was known for his radical views on the fight of segregation. Malcom X also became an Islamic minister and spokesman to the Nation of Islam (NOI) after he began his study on Islamic religion. He soon resigned as minister and spokesman for the NOI and renounced his former mentor and leader Elijah Muhammad‚ because Elijah had slept with multiple women and some resulted
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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 with barely any schooling
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Malcolm X and Spike Lee Pushing the Limits In 1992‚ director Spike Lee combined his artistic vision with historical events to create the controversial and much hyped film Malcolm X‚ a biographical and historical account of the slain civil rights leader. Staring as Malcolm X was Denzel Washington who has been noted that this was his best role in a movie to date. As controversial as the flesh and blood Malcolm X was in life‚ so was the film version of his life as depicted by Lee. Lee made sure
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Malcom X’s Similarities to Hercules Malcom X was a man who could be easily compared to the likes of Hercules of Ancient Greece as both had similar pasts‚ trials and family lives (though slightly out of order). Both men were the son of someone great and someone who was seemingly unworthy. Malcom Little‘s father‚ Earl Little‚ was a well educated and famous preacher. Preachers‚ at the time of Malcom’s upbringing‚ were very respected and were bringing messages of revival and equal rights/the need to
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Alex Haley‚ the writer of Malcolm X’s biography knew that to succeed in America‚ a person must be educated. Without education it is almost impossible to achieve the self made man ideology (SMMI). In Malcolm’s case he achieved the SMMI without the help of a formal education. Malcolm X’s use of self education‚ coupled with religious inspiration and guidance‚ led him to become one of the greatest civil rights activists in America. It quickly became apparent to Malcolm’s family that white society
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Compare and contrast Malcolm X‚ David Walker‚ and Booker T Washington I would like to thank my entire group members and Professor Donaldson whose comments and suggestions had been very helpful to improve the quality of this final paper. I have tried for the best of my ability to incorporate in this final version‚ all their great ideas about the format and the content of the documents. Professor Donaldson suggested “I am going to suggest that you do a little reorganizing. First of all‚ you should
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Martin Luther King vs. Malcolm X Martin Luther King is very brave for being black in his time. Because you never knew what the government was going to do to you for protesting‚ boycotting‚ or striking. They would spray water on you. Sick the dogs on you. Sometimes even put you on a blacklist. Even some time they would send you to jail. Like Martin Luther King got sent to jail just for speaking. So to speak in public was very tough for being black. So that’s why I think he is very brave. He stood
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Justin Paulus Professor Hardy 16 January 2014 Malcom X: Struggles beyond Race Malcom X was nothing short of a prominent figure during the times of racial barrier between blacks and whites in this country. Despite his being so widely renowned‚ he was undoubtedly just a man‚ and thought of himself the same as he thought of other “everyday people.” This idea is made clear in a letter he wrote during a time he spent in prison. He tells of his shortfalls in not being able to read or write‚ and how
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Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X had very different ideas on how to approach the Civil Rights Movement Act. MLK decided to do it in a calm manner and a peaceful protest about it and wanted the race to come together and stop the hatred and violence and see if everyone could be peaceful with one another. Malcom X has a more different view than MLK did he felt that integration would destroy the black and white man. He felt that American Blacks should be more concerned about helping each other.
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