The Dream and the Ballot or the Bullet In the 1950s and 1960s in America‚ the equality of man envisioned by the Declaration of Independence was far from a reality. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a Baptist minister delivered his famous speech “I Have a Dream” August 28th‚ 1963 in Washington DC. He is credited with mobilizing supporters of desegregation and prompted the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Malcolm X delivered his famous speech “The Ballot or the Bullet” on April 12th‚ 1964 in Detroit. Though many people
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Ransom English 12A Ms. Davis The Ballot or The Bullet-Malcolm X -Malcolm’s primary audiences were mainly African Americans. - He addressed the whites and the white news media‚ because he felt that they played a very key and significant role in his discussion of the Ballot or the Bullet. - He spoke of the whites in such an uncompromising fashion because he felt that the whites were to blame‚ of the oppression and struggle in the black community. Malcolm also had a very intriguing way of getting
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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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Summary of "The Ballot or the Bullet" Malcolm X emphasizes voting as a solution to ending discrimination against Blacks. He addresses the poor leaders and the denial of voting rights to Blacks. He saw that elections had been narrowly decided and that the Black vote was the deciding factor in these elections. (PARAGRAPH 10) He wanted people to understand that when candidates promise to pass legislation favorable to Blacks‚ those candidates must be held accountable after the elections and
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lesson to never mess with any black people ever again (in the article‚ the black child beats the white child to “within an inch of his ass-cracker life”). This exaggerates Malcolm X’s real words‚ which were more to the effect of “By any means necessary”‚ in order to achieve humour. However‚ the article does not only make fun of Malcolm X. The final paragraph is supposed to be a quote of what the FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover at the time of the event said about the speech: “…it would appear that‚ after four
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Malcolm X Reading a process. The first step is to learn how to read the letters that are written on the page. Next‚ you have to learn to understand what all of these words mean put together. Finally‚ you think about there meaning in coordination with all of the other words in the essay‚ book‚ article‚ etc. and relate them to things that you know from previous encounters and form a perspective. Throughout the course of this paper‚ I will use Malcolm X as an example to show how someone grows as
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recognition in the mainstream media is Malcolm X. Malcolm X challenged the racist and oppressive system on underdeveloped neighborhoods through his speeches at rallies and wrote an autobiography. He empowered his African American community across the nation. In this essay I will be analyzing three discourses done by Malcolm X himself and how all three discourses were successful in getting his argument addressed to his intended audience. The autobiography of Malcolm X was published in 1965 during the African
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Back in the 1960s‚ Malcolm X was an influential public speaker. He protested for equal rights of African Americans. At that time‚ in the United States‚ African Americans did not have the same rights as white people. He had a rough upbringing; he was born into a large family and had eight siblings. By the time he was twelve years old‚ his mother had been sent to a mental hospital‚ and his father had been killed after being hit by a car. He then spent the rest of his childhood in foster homes. In 1946
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Ms. Rhodehouse AP English- Period 4 May 31‚ 2012 During the 1960’s‚ the powerful speeches spoken about equality by two men about black empowerment‚ ultimately lead to them to their deaths. The words spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were so strong and influential‚ helping them gain great audiences and followers. King preached out over the “brotherhood” among races‚ and the importance of non-violence. Malcolm X‚ also advocated for the end to segregation‚ but emphasized the needs for
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politics‚ the general sentiments behind the movement are like those expressed by Malcolm X in his “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech: support for nonviolent protest with the acknowledgement that violence may be a necessity‚ and a general attitude against oppression which focuses on groups which have historically participated in the marginalization of Black Americans. Ironically‚ BLM would face claims of racism much like Malcolm X did‚ as the “All Lives Matter” phrase is often used as a rebuttal to BLM that
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