Compare and contrast Mustafa Kemal with Mohandas Gandhi‚ explain their similarities and differences. In 1918‚ the Ottoman Turks were already independent‚ and consequently the allies (the United States‚ Great Britain‚ and France) wanted to make them pay. They were going to divide the Turkish territory among themselves. These were the conditions in Turkey at the time. The Turks’ feelings about being split up between the allies and the Greeks were very simple. Obviously they didn’t agree. They
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people. One of these leader is‚ Malcolm X. Born on May 19‚ 1925. During the first few years of Malcolm X’s life‚ he has been subjected to racism. Malcolm X’s father Earl Little. Was a Baptist‚ a preacher‚ and an activist. Earl Little was killed a streetcar‚ murdered by white supremacists. Not much is known is about Louise Little‚ which she was reported to have suffered from a nervous mental breakdown and was institutionalized in mental hospital. When Malcolm X was 15 years old‚ he’d dropped
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Changed World “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” -Mohandas Gandhi. Both Nelson Mandela and Mohandas Gandhi lived by that quote. Nelson Mandela forever changed South Africa‚ dismantling apartheid‚ while Mohandas Gandhi changed the world when he fought for freedom of British rule in India. Mohandas Gandhi and Nelson Mandela had many similarities; in fact‚ Gandhi inspired Mandela. Mandela and Gandhi mostly used peaceful methods to achieve their goals‚ but Mandela used semi-violent
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Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X Christian Hamlin HIS/145 01/30/2014 Professor Lucht Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X The death of the great Malcolm X was a most tragic day. On February 21‚ 1965 Malcolm X was preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom where he was gunned down by three men‚ one of the gunmen was a member of the Nation of Islam Talmadge Hayer (Journal‚ 2014). Malcolm X was a great leader not because he wanted
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The Assassination of Malcolm X Malcolm Little also known as Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21‚ 1965 in New York City. Black Muslims are said to be the accomplices of his murder. One of their members‚ Thomas Hagan‚ was charged with shooting Malcolm X at the Audubon Ballroom. Two other men were convicted with Hagan for the murder of X. The assassination of Malcolm X was unjustified because he was an influential civil rights activist that helped African Americans in their journey
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Malcolm X Who is Malcolm? On May 19‚ 1925 Malcolm X was born in Omaha‚ Nebraska. Malcolm X born name is Malcolm Little. Malcolm X was a Muslim minister and also was a human rights activists. He was also a Black Nationalist leader during the civil rights movement who also known as spokesman. People also called him el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz. He supported violent methods‚ he believed in using aggressive measures in the civil rights. What did Malcolm X accomplish? On June 29‚ 1963 Malcolm X lead the
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Malcolm x Malcolm X was Born May 19‚ 1925 in Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ a time when black men and women were supposed to smilingly and quietly accept their role as second-class citizens. I was a time when black people‚ who were politely called Negroes in those days‚ were expected to sit at the back of the bus. They were not allowed to use “whites-only” drinking fountains‚ restaurants‚ or rest rooms in South. Worst of all‚ black people in America
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Malcolm X was born with the name Malcolm Little‚ in Omaha‚ Nebraska on May 19‚ 1925. Malcolm was a very bright student through grade school‚ graduating near the top of his class as an eight grader. When one of Malcolm’s favorite teachers told him his dream of becoming a lawyer was "No realistic goal for a nigger" consequently‚ Malcolm lost interest in school . Malcolm then moved to Boston‚ Mass. working odd jobs‚ and having a good time. By 1942 Malcolm was participating in drugs‚ prostitution
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Gregory Boyd Jr. Professor Kerrigan English 102 October 8‚ 2013 Malcolm X & Martin Luther King Jr. While Martin Luther King’s peaceful protests against narrow minded white supremacists helped him rise to national fame‚ Malcolm X‚ born Malcolm Little‚ lectured the United States about Islam and urged others to dismiss all whites as their enemies and arm themselves for war. Each discussed the same issues‚ but their methods of achievement and ideas about equal opportunity differed as much as night
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Malcolm X Interview Interviewer: If you had the chance to do it all over again‚ be a public figure in the fight for Afro-American rights‚ would you? Malcolm X: There is not even an inkling of doubt in my mind that if I was given the chance to do it all over again‚ that I would be a public figure in the fight for Afro-American rights. I truly believe it is in my blood. Ever since I was a child I have been very opinionated and strong-willed. When I set my mind to something I don’t stop until I reach
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