MALCOLM X: BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY HIS 223 Malcolm X played a key role in the spread of Islamic faith in the African American community‚ and later as an activist during the Civil Rights era. He offered an alternative perspective to the mainstream attitude during this time period. X was an advocate for the establishment of a separate black community (rather than integration) and the use of violence as a means of self-defense against acts infiltrated through racism (as opposed to the pacifist
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The principles of leadership as shown by Malcolm X | LEADERSHIP | | There have been many individuals of our time who have been described as good or effective leaders. This was due to their ability to provide persons with purpose direction and motivation and exhibit key principles of leadership. One such leader was Malcolm X‚ whose ability to influence others was said to be largely responsible for increasing the membership in the nation of Islam in America from five hundred in
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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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Auto Biography Of Malcolm X By‚ Alex Haley Illustrator/Photographer: Main Topic of this book: After the government tears apart his family and he can no longer bear the racism of his all-white high school in Michigan‚ Malcolm flees to Boston and Harlem‚ where he sinks deep into a life of crime. From hustling‚ drug addiction and armed violence in America’s black ghettos Malcolm X turned‚ in a dramatic prison conversion‚ to the puritanical fervor of the Black Muslims. As their spokesman he became
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Martin Luther King and Malcolm Civil Rights Movement. They were trying to fight for African American during the civil right movement. They both had very different philosophies‚ but whose philosophy made the most sense for America in the 1960s? Malcolm X‚ a great leader in the Civil Right era‚ had a very tough life at a young age because of his father dying and his mother having a mental break was sent to foster house. Malcolm X got his ideas by going to jail because of drugs from Elijah Muhammad
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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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main male figures were Martin Luther King Jr‚ and Malcom Little also known as Malcom X who today I will you give you his insight of his beliefs and how they are still relevant today and inform you of background information of his assassination and the explanation behind it. II. Today‚ African Americans unarmed are being killed for no reason; for an example the Trayon Martin case and the Mike Brown case. Malcom X in the 1930s-40s preached about how African Americans were treated differently and view
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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 give
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In the book “Learning to Read‚” Malcolm X describes his “homemade Education.” He started his homemade education because his ability to read and write was hampered‚ which frustrated him. He educated himself with a dictionary and began painstakingly copying every entry. He began remembering the words and what they meant. Over a period of time he finished copying out the whole dictionary. Malcolm regarded the dictionary as a miniature encyclopedia. As his word base broadened‚ he found that he could
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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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