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    Malcolm X Journal Entry

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    Journal Entry #1 - Witness to the Assassination of Malcolm X February 21‚ 1965 Today‚ as the world we have lost a legacy. Since‚ Malcolm X was on of the ultimate and influential African American the world has even known and will. Malcolm X ensure considerably to make African American appreciation of the understanding of the African American heritage. He would voice his opinion about the things we were too afraid present ourselves. He presented us a huge experience to voice up for our rights as

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    main male figures were Martin Luther King Jr‚ and Malcom Little also known as Malcom X who today I will you give you his insight of his beliefs and how they are still relevant today and inform you of background information of his assassination and the explanation behind it. II. Today‚ African Americans unarmed are being killed for no reason; for an example the Trayon Martin case and the Mike Brown case. Malcom X in the 1930s-40s preached about how African Americans were treated differently and view

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    When people hear the name Malcolm X‚ the first thing that comes to their mind is “extremist.” But in fact‚ he was a teacher. Malcolm X taught Blacks to think for themselves and not allow others to think for them. He did not want Blacks believing everything that the “blonde hair‚ blue eyed devil” said. He educated them that everything that the newspaper said‚ was not real‚ as they should not be convinced that it was. He strongly emphasized his point in saying‚ “And as soon as they put the word American

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    Martin Luther King Jr. vs. Malcolm X Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X both fought for the same goal‚ but had different ways of achieving this goal. They both fought against civil rights and were leaders in the civil rights movement. The way they were brought up is a good explanation for their differences; King was brought up in a wealthy family‚ while X was raised in the ghetto to a poor family. Both fought against unfair laws‚ Social Discrimination‚ and Racial segregation‚ but they

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    about Malcolm X also Martin Luther King has a holiday and Malcom X does not have a holiday. MLK was a stounged Christian who preached integration and loving your oppressor. White leaders paid and subsidized MLK to educate African Americans to be defenseless against one of the cruelest groups of people the world has ever known. He was the perfect "leader" for white people because he would not have fight back against the white man’s violent‚ oppressive attacks on black people. Malcolm X was a

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    “learning to read” Malcolm X takes the reader through his journey of educating himself whiles being incarcerated. An articulate and former street hustler that commanded attention with only his presence Malcolm X talks about not realizing how ignorant he was to his own self-knowledge until he lost his freedom to the inside world of a penitentiary. He realized the only words or sentences he could put together were those of simple sentences not far from a child’s vocabulary. Malcolm X uses ethos to give

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    outlets such as television‚ books‚ movies‚ etc. Becoming literate is essential to functioning in society. Looking back at one of the most influential figures of the 1960’s‚ it is hard to imagine that at age 21 Malcolm X tried to start a letter with “Look‚ daddy‚ let me pull your coat about a cat…” (X 256). He spent 7 years in prison for robbery‚ and during that time he underwent a self-metamorphosis. His way of putting it is “books opened up a whole new world to me” (260). History‚ philosophy‚ genetics

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    In the book “Learning to Read‚” Malcolm X describes his “homemade Education.” He started his homemade education because his ability to read and write was hampered‚ which frustrated him. He educated himself with a dictionary and began painstakingly copying every entry. He began remembering the words and what they meant. Over a period of time he finished copying out the whole dictionary. Malcolm regarded the dictionary as a miniature encyclopedia. As his word base broadened‚ he found that he could

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    protest is a statement or an action that expresses disapproval or objection of something. Of the three that we went over in class; Socrates‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and Malcolm X‚ the one whose position is the most effective in protesting and showing that he does not approve of the current way of living‚ is Malcolm X. Malcolm X has a no nonsense attitude about what to do with an unjust law or situation. He uses the “any means necessary” approach to the situation where he believes that you not only

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    References: Cherniss‚ C.‚ Goleman‚ D. (Eds.). (2001). The emotionally intelligence workplace. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Haley‚ A. (1973). The autobiography of Malcolm x. New York: Ballantine Books Strickland‚ W. (1994). Malcolm x: make it plain (full PBS documentary)‚ [video] retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zvGRmX2gcs

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