Unlike most books‚ The Autobiography of Malcolm X discusses a problem in the first chapter. This problem of racial segregation was a reoccurring theme before Malcolm Little was even born. The author sets up an issue when Malcolm X was in his mother’s womb to set the tone of the book. Malcolm X developed as a character from significant incidents in his life that changed him into the man that would be historically idolized. The book uses three central ideas‚ systemic oppression‚ racial identity‚ and
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MALCOLM X: BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY HIS 223 Malcolm X played a key role in the spread of Islamic faith in the African American community‚ and later as an activist during the Civil Rights era. He offered an alternative perspective to the mainstream attitude during this time period. X was an advocate for the establishment of a separate black community (rather than integration) and the use of violence as a means of self-defense against acts infiltrated through racism (as opposed to the pacifist
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Auto Biography Of Malcolm X By‚ Alex Haley Illustrator/Photographer: Main Topic of this book: After the government tears apart his family and he can no longer bear the racism of his all-white high school in Michigan‚ Malcolm flees to Boston and Harlem‚ where he sinks deep into a life of crime. From hustling‚ drug addiction and armed violence in America’s black ghettos Malcolm X turned‚ in a dramatic prison conversion‚ to the puritanical fervor of the Black Muslims. As their spokesman he became
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Martin Luther King and Malcolm Civil Rights Movement. They were trying to fight for African American during the civil right movement. They both had very different philosophies‚ but whose philosophy made the most sense for America in the 1960s? Malcolm X‚ a great leader in the Civil Right era‚ had a very tough life at a young age because of his father dying and his mother having a mental break was sent to foster house. Malcolm X got his ideas by going to jail because of drugs from Elijah Muhammad
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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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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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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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