Hasti Sharifkhani Professor Pryor 9/10/14 Learning to Read: pg. (189) 1) What motivated Malcom X to educate himself is that while he was spending 7 years in prison he educated himself and became a discipline of Elijah Muhammad‚ founder of the nation of Islam. Many people think that he went to school far beyond the eighth grade. But this impression is due entirely to his prison studies. He argues that Bimbi was the first person that made him feel envy of his stock knowledge. He also explain
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Little‚ known as Malcolm X when he was introducing Fannie Lou Hamer. Malcolm Little was born on May‚19‚1925 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. He helped expand the Nation of Islam by being a strong orator during the civil rights movement. He used his fiery words and actions to help African Americans become free from the discrimination from whites. He was a strong civil-rights activist and NOI leader. Starting when he was a child‚ continuing into his adulthood‚ and even since his death‚ Malcolm X used his preaching skills
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The Black Revolution Malcolm X‚ edited by Imam Benjamin Karim You can listen to a sound clip [requires RealPlayer‚ approx. 46sec] from this speech from Malcolm X : A Research Site. June‚ 1963 note - this speech was delivered before Malcolm left the Nation of Islam and accepted true Islam -- so his views in this speech do not reflect his own or those he held near the end of his life. Dr. Powell‚ distinguished guests‚ brothers and sisters‚ friends‚ and even our enemies. As a follower and
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Malcolm X changed the world with his fight with the civil rights movement and the Islam religion. The civil right movement was the fight for African Americans to have equal access to opportunities as does any other U.S citizen. He was also an important leader to the Islamic culture. He became one of the most well known and influential human rights activists in history. Malcolm Little was born on May 19th 192 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. Malcolm’s mother‚ Louise Norton Little worked from home to support her
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My XPTL Imagine a sport so extreme and intense that your children’s children are going to have flashbacks of when you attempted it. I now introduce the “X-Treme Paragliding Terror Longbow” (XPTL). A sport only for those who have the testicular fortitude to compete in. The sport is divided into three different portions. Paragliding‚ snowboarding‚ and Longbow that are all judged on three separate areas. The first one would be skill‚ the second is style‚ and the third and final is on points. I am here
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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 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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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 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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