Racism‚ segregation‚ and Unfair treatment thrive two great leaders to make a difference; Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X. Dr. King used religious background to influence his campaign in civil disobedience influenced by Gandhi’s methods of nonviolence. Whereas Malcolm X wanted to completely split from the white America altogether with the black panther party. However‚ MLK proved to be more appealing through his use of pathos and logos to convey universal togetherness along with non-violent protesting
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Robert Jones Engl. 2072-001 02/24/2010 Compare and Contrast Of Malcolm X Poems Malcolm X‚ one of the most iconic faces of the civil rights movement if often paid tribute to by writers and poets. Robert Hayden and Margaret Walker are two African American poets that paid homage to Malcolm X. Interestingly enough; two poems about the same person are written in two completely different ways and focus on separate intervals of his life. Robert Hayden focuses on Malcolm’s life as a big picture
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1800s people of Indian nationality confronted discrimination in all parts of South Africa‚ and someone affected by this was Mahatma Gandhi‚ known as the “great soul”. Gandhi was an activist and philosopher who used nonviolent resistance‚ he was the controlling figure who struggled along with all the Indian population to gain independence from Great Britain. Gandhi introduced passive resistance‚ a concept also known as “satyagraha‚” which was a method to abstain from cooperating with authorities
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Gandhi Essay India faced many difficult challenges and still faces many challenges after independence and even still today. India had a man named Gandhi to help them towards independence. Gandhi was nicknamed "Mahatma" in India because he was a great soul in independence movement. He had many goals and messages that he passed on to the people of India. The way he fought was with nonviolent disobedience. Gandhi celebrated the Indian culture with nonviolence as well. He didn’t take sides of religions
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Malcolm X did not start out as the leader of a great muslim civil rights movement as we all know of him as today. In fact he started out as a crook primarily due to his mother and father not being around. At the age of 6 Malcolm’s “father went out one evening to collect a debt‚ only to be hit by a streetcar and mortally wounded. Though the authorities ruled his death an accident‚ African-Americans in town believed the Black Legion had beat him and placed him on the tracks to be run over. To this
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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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Discussion Guide for Gandhi Video: (Complete all 17 of these questions to answer prior to class‚ please.) 1. What was the principle or personal lesson that Gandhi taught his Christian clergyman friend‚ from the clergyman’s own law? Gandhi taught many lessons to his Christian clergyman friend‚ but the principal was probably that the lesson taught in the bible need it to be implemented in real life‚ on each act of our life and not only be preach. 2. What was the irony of Gandhi fighting for Indian
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Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Malcolm X‚ and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s we can deduce the situation in the United States during the sixties. The most important leaders of the Civil Rights movements were Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. They were the representatives of the Afro-American revolt against discrimination and racism. The two leaders shared the same goal but differed in their approaches. Martin Luther King was a moderate leader‚ while Malcom X was considered more “radical
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Can you turn your life around? well ‚ anything is possible‚ there is no task that cannot tremble in defeat. Malcolm X changes that theory‚ In Malcolm X’s biography he describes exactly how he defeats that theory. Malcolm X is an inspirational figure. He changed his life‚ taught himself an education‚ and his amazing message. Malcolm X is an African American who dropped out of school and had little education‚yet‚ he changed his life. He grew up as a hustler with a lack of reading and writing skills
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Rights is Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X teamed up? Two very different styles of protesting but they both wanted the same thing. Both devoted to their religion‚ yet again very different back grounds. Both grew up very differently yet have impacted the world in drastic measures still today. So what would have happened if they had teamed up against the same fight? Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a calm‚ inspirational figure in the fight against Civil Rights. Malcolm X‚ a controversial‚ aggressive speaker
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