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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 was a big part of the civil rights movement. Malcom was born in Omaha‚ Nebraska on May 19‚ 1925. With his father being a Baptist minister and his mother being a homemaker‚ Malcom was a very smart boy and did well in school. His father‚ Earl little was found dead on the town’s trolley tracks when Malcom was just six years old. His mother Louise Little suffered emotional breakdown and put herself in a mental institution‚ while Malcom and his seven brothers and sisters split up and went to

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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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    PROMINENT LEADERS IN USA: MALCOM X & MARTIN LUTHER KING Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. followed extremely different paths as leaders of the black liberal movement. They did not work with the same organizations and frequently disagreed with each other about love and hate‚ violence and non-violence‚ separatism and integration as well as the relevancy of Christianity with regard to the quest for equal rights and social justice. When one thinks of Martin Luther King as a political leader

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    Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X both had very different solutions that they proposed to resolve the problem of racial tensions in the United States at the time. Even though their perspective and ideas were almost complete opposites‚ they had some things in common‚ such as both Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X both backed up their ideas with religion. Despite their differences‚ both King and Malcom X both wanted to secure equal civil rights for African Americans‚ even if they had different ways

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    In the second chapter of his book‚ Outliers‚ Malcom Gladwell writes to his readers about the importance of repetitions. In this chapter‚ Gladwell expresses and gives examples of the importance of repetitions. In order for one to become an expert or excel in something‚ one must repeat this action for at least 10‚000 hours. Gladwell’s first example of the 10‚000-hour rule is Bill Joy‚ a sixteen-year-old boy. He was interested in computer programming‚ which was a hard thing to learn about in 1970’s

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    Ruby Malcom is a single mother of three‚ Maria (16)‚ Irene (14)‚ and John (13). Ms. Malcom has been attending counseling with social worker‚ Sandra Kaplan‚ for the past four months for treatment to address anxiety related to family stress. Ms. Malcom was referred to the Urban Family Services by her oldest daughter’s pediatrician. Ms. Malcom’s daughter‚ Irene‚ is experiencing increased and escalating behavioral issues at home and school. Ms. Malcom is of Haitian- American decent and has receives

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    most renowned studies supporting the significance of situational factors is the Stanford Prison study by Zimbardo (1971)‚ where the effects of empowerment on a person’s behavior were explored. The study involved 24 participants‚ selected from a larger pool of 70 undergraduate white male volunteers due to their lack of any criminal background‚ psychological and medical issues. The 24 participants were randomly divided into two groups; prison guards and prisoners. In a simulated prison environment‚

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    Controlling gangs in prison is not and has never been an easy task. No strategy is possible to eliminate the vice totally. However‚ some strategies have proved to control prison gangs to a large extent. The main strategy is the one that was applied in the state of Texas in 1990s. In the strategy‚ confirmed gang members were isolated in separation wings and/or prison units‚ along with other intransigent inmates who balked at the institutional regime. Through intelligence-gathering and suppression

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