English 101 March 21‚ 2014 Malcolm X was a man of strong words and beliefs and was a major contributor to the black societies across the world. He fought for what he believed was right and would give equal rights to his community. Never the less he also educated the young. Though his early life was difficult‚ he had to overcome the death of his father and his mother mental breakdown which caused her to get hospitalized for twenty-six years. Along his tragedies was denied the opportunity
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THESIS The impetus for the development for this major work arose from the varied and largely‚ colorful interpretations of Malcolm X. The differences seem to have arisen from scholars and historians use and understanding of many different and varied sources and most important‚ their own perspective of the events as they unfolded. How historians approached Malcolm X is of paramount importance to future historians and more importantly‚ to the study of history. Principally‚ these differences of thought
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References: Cherniss‚ C.‚ Goleman‚ D. (Eds.). (2001). The emotionally intelligence workplace. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Haley‚ A. (1973). The autobiography of Malcolm x. New York: Ballantine Books Strickland‚ W. (1994). Malcolm x: make it plain (full PBS documentary)‚ [video] retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zvGRmX2gcs
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Birmingham before I was even born. Malcolm X’s preachings along with the other Civil Rights Movement leaders were to prevent events like this from happening. IV. There are many African American individuals who were killed by white supremacists in the wake of blacks trying to fight for their individuality and equality to confront segregation. V. First I will provide you info about Malcom X’s early life‚ Nation of Islam teachings and then his assassination. Body I. Malcolm X was born May 19‚ 1925. He had
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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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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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little 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
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In The Autobiography of Malcolm X‚ Malcolm’s life went downfall after his father was murdered when he was eight. Malcolm was sent to reform school where later he realized that being black was a disadvantage because they don’t got a place in society. Malcolm thought as being black as a bad thing‚ he thought he should hate himself for being who he is. However Malcolm realized that being black was lucky because he figured out that the first people were black people. He realized that the religion of
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of us learn to read through various outlets such as television‚ books‚ movies‚ etc. Becoming literate is essential to functioning in society. Looking back at one of the most influential figures of the 1960’s‚ it is hard to imagine that at age 21 Malcolm X tried to start a letter with “Look‚ daddy‚ let me pull your coat about a cat…” (X 256). He spent 7 years in prison for robbery‚ and during that time he underwent a self-metamorphosis. His way of putting it is “books opened up a whole new world to
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