B) Describe the views about blacks and whites held and taught by the Nation of Islam and by Malcolm X for many years. Why did such teachings appeal to many African Americans? Intro - Religion plays a big role in altering someone’s personality or changing how people perceive the world. During the 1960’s besides Christianity one of the religion that grew faster was the nation of Islam. The nation of Islam was first founded by Wallace Fard in 1930s. African Americans felt closer to Islam and related
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Although Malcolm X was able to demonstrate how the average Negro was brainwashed into conformity throughout The Autobiography of Malcolm X‚ he did not believe he was brainwashed after his conversion to the Nation of Islam‚ which caused him to be hypocritical. “The devil white man cut these black people off from all knowledge of their own kind and cut them off from any knowledge of their own language‚ religion‚ and past culture‚ until the black man in America was the earth’s only race of people
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Malcolm X Malcolm X By: Miles Pruitt Book: Autobiography of Malcolm X Author: Alex Hailey and Malcolm X Publisher: Grove Press Published: 1965 By: Miles Pruitt Book: Autobiography of Malcolm X Author: Alex Hailey and Malcolm X Publisher: Grove Press Published: 1965 During the 1960’s in the United States‚ there lived a man who would make Civil Rights history. Malcolm X‚ or El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz‚ was born Malcolm Little May 19‚ 1925 in Omaha‚ Nebraska as the
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History The Social Impacts of Malcolm X The Black Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century pushed for and achieved different levels equality through its many prominent activists. Prior to the movement‚ millions of Black Americans faced brutal abuse and segregation with little to no government action taking place against such wrongdoings. The movement included passionate advocates for black equality such as Rosa Parks‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. These civil and human rights activists
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Chris Dennis Critical Analysis of Communication Malcolm X’s Effectiveness as a Speaker Should not be in Question The context in which a statement is made can change the entire meaning of what was said. This is why many times people will use context as a defense for statements they make that offend or cause some sort of public backlash. The manner in which a person delivers a message and what messages the rhetor chooses to deliver can be a great indication of foundation of that
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January 21st‚ 1965 (one month before Malcolm X’s assassination). Martin hears footsteps and looks up. Malcolm X: Hello there Martin MLK Jr: Hello brother Malcolm‚ thank you very much for meeting me here. I brought you coffee. Malcolm X: Ah‚ thank you. It’s freezing out. How long have you been here for? MLK Jr: Oh‚ not too long before you. I’m sorry I’ve called you here at such a late hour‚ I just don’t want no white officials recording our conversation. Malcolm X: It’s not a problem‚ I understand
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equality. He was Malcolm X and he frightened white Americans; this irrational fear was not based on evidence shown in Malcolm X’s behavior or history‚ it was an idea spread through mass media and internalized by society. CRITICAL CULTURAL THEORY Mass Communication: Living in a Media World explains that
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Malcolm X Malcolm X was one of the most iconic figures of 20th century America. He is often grouped with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ because both men were involved in the civil-rights movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. However‚ these two men were drastically different. While King preached about nonviolence and equal rights‚ Malcolm X condoned violence as a means to get what one wants. While Malcolm X was justified in some of his endeavors‚ his philosophy as a whole was unhealthy and damaged
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be true. In a sense as this‚ looking at historical figures‚ experiences made them of whom they were or are. Looking at one specifically‚ Malcolm X‚ a activist for social‚ economic and political rights whose experiences transformed him to an ‘’altered’’ person from time to time. Upon reading the book ‘’The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley’’ Malcolm X‚ as explaining before‚ make these baffling transformations in different points of time in his life. His anti white views may be daunting
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ASSASSINATION VIII. CONCLUSION It has been nearly 35 years since the assassination of Malcolm X‚ yet the stature of the man remains in tact‚ if not even greater today. His war against the white establishment evolved from inner needs just as he had rebelled against symbols of authority early in his life. It was this early rebellion and the phases that followed‚ that enabled him to adapt to his later environment. Malcolm X coped with painful ordeals by forgetting them or remembering them in a brighter way
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