The Movie “Malcolm X”, directed by Spike Lee is based on the story of “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” where Denzel Washington plays the lead role of Malcolm X. The movie portrays the legend’s life in three sections. The first is about the troubled childhood life of Malcolm Little. The second part of the movie follows Malcolm 's life in prison, where he is introduced to the teachings of Nation of Islam. The final section of the movie gives a picture about Malcolm X’s principles for black Americans for separation from white society.
Malcolm X- A Human Activist for Black Americans
Malcolm was born on May 19th 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska to Earl Little and Louise Little. During his school days, his goal was to …show more content…
Leaders who follow this approach set clear objectives for their followers to achieve and rewards followers based on their performance. In this movie, it is evident that Elijah Muhammad followed this approach by setting a goal for the black Americans who are his followers to fight for a separate state. He sensed his objective can be attained by influencing all the black Americans to embrace the religion of Islam and to be aware of “All white men are evil’ and all ‘blacks’ are supreme (Barnett, 2006). Elijah Muhammad chooses Malcolm X as his follower because he thinks Malcolm has got the power, charisma and commitment for achieving the goal. Muhammad’s transactional leadership qualities can be analysed in three different dimensions
Contingent Reward: Elijah Muhammad assigns Malcolm X a task for building temples across the entire destination. Based on Malcolm’s commitment and devotion for a separate state for black Americans and his work for building new temples in America he rewards Malcolm X as a national minister for Nation of Islam. Elijah Muhammad advises his followers to fight for the civil rights of black Americans and he promises if the movement is successful, then they will get a separate …show more content…
Research suggests that (Graen & Scandura, 1987) LMX takes place in three stages. Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm have the same motives, personalities and dominant traits which helps Elijah Muhammad to choose Malcolm X as an ‘in group’ follower than other members in the group. Elijah Muhammad is inspired by Malcolm speeches and his passion for fighting for the common goal. Because of Malcolm’s commitment and passion, Elijah Muhammad assigns an interesting task to Malcolm on building new temples across United States. To attain this goal, Elijah Muhammad counsels Malcolm and also remains responsive on his needs and