Alanna Mason Period 8 Martin Luther King v. Malcolm X Martin Luther King has been known for using peace to help him get equality among all people but especially African-Americans. He was not the type of leader that resorted to violence in order to get the equality that he fought for. King has been known for moving people by the use of his speeches like King’s I Have a Dream and I’ve Been to the Mountaintop speeches. King shows through these speeches that even though he was determined to get equal
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Malcolm X and Frederick Douglas are two famous story about the African American in the 20th century. They are both a slave and did not have a chance to go to school to study English. However‚ they had a motivation to study how to read and write by themselves. Malcolm X studied English by copying all the words in the dictionary‚ which he borrowed from the Charlestown Prison Colony. Meanwhile‚ Frederick Douglas tried to read so many books‚ and learned from other kids‚ who can read and write. They had
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Based on the autobiography of Malcolm X‚ who once said “One day‚ may we all meet together in the light of understanding.” He had a desire to impose change to the world hoping for that day to come‚ when all races will appreciate and live in harmony amongst each other. To bring change to the world‚ he became an influential leader in the civil rights movement and fought against racial segregation‚ discrimination and unfair laws. He called for black separatism and rejected both integration and nonviolence
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Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were two very influential men during the Civil Rights Movement. While they both were fighting for the same things‚ they had quite different ways of acting upon solving these problems. A lot of people see them as complete opposites‚ seeing as they had contrasting views on violence versus peace. Most are very familiar with King‚ seeing as he has his own holiday‚ but not many people may know what he did or was involved with other than civil rights. Both men were adamant
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Malcolm X is evoked as one of the greatest and influential African American figures‚ at the same time degraded for the violence he provoked as well as his black supremacy teachings. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ on the other hand‚ is recognized as the greatest influential character in the black Civil Rights Movement‚ with teachings of non-violent resistance and equal rights for blacks and whites. After spending several years in prison‚ Malcolm converted to the Muslim religion and utilized newspaper
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The X Factor In the excerpt from Malcolm X’s “Message to Grassroots‚” Malcolm X uses effective stylistic devices such as colorful figurative language‚ effective repetition‚ and powerful diction to persuade his audience of his argument. Malcolm X feels strongly that America has treated the people of color unjustly‚ and he is angry about it. He is arguing that minorities need to forget their differences‚ so they can unite in a common cause to gain equality and liberty. Too‚ he says blacks‚ and
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Malcolm X was a very courageous leader. He showed passion in his speeches and spoke for a purpose. He started very unknown but grew through the ranks. Later he would become one of the most well known leaders speaking for the Islamic religion. He also spoke out for the good of all the colored people and spoke for the civil rights movement.Malcolm X made an impact on the world by speaking out for colored people all around the world. Malcolm X was born as Malcolm Little on May 19‚ 1925 in Omaha
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To be a humans the first three characteristics are your skeletal makeup‚ Malcolm X theory and John Locke’s philosophy. Skeletal makeup is actually defines us into the category of homo sapiens. Malcolm X explains what it means to be human to be respected as a human‚ given the rights as a human. Finally there is John Locke’s philosophy‚ the rights of humans are Life‚ Liberty‚ and Property (The U.S. Declaration of Independence). First trait that makes up a human is the skeletal makeup. All
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Malcolm X Malcolm X was a African American civil rights leader during the 1960’‚ who was a major forthright spokes man for black nationalism. During this time Malcolm was a very unique leader for the African Americans as he strongly believed in using violent and aggressive measures to fight for civil rights Malcolm X had a very strong perspective on racism and segregation. He was totally against it and was to do what ever he could to show his perspective and fight for his values of freedom‚ justice
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rights or having a younger new generation‚ like Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael. Both bringing questionable methods that differentiate from John Lewis’ methods when it came
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