In Learning to Read‚ Malcolm X‚ one of the most articulate and powerful leaders of black America during the 1960s‚ describes his struggle of self-education while being incarcerated. Malcolm X composed his journey of self-in order to convey the message that the reader should strive to look for more than what is taught to them by the public school system‚ to‚ in a way‚ look outside the box. The three portions of the rhetorical triangle‚ to analyze Learning to Read‚ are the audience‚ author‚ and text
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prison library. However‚ all of the knowledge that was gained by Malcolm X during his incarceration was colored by the Black Nationalist teachings of Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the Nation. One of the things I noticed the most about Malcolm X’s education‚ is how he was enlightened by his mentor about how history and the books he read were "whitened"‚ or the accomplishments of black people and society was either ignored or the credit taken by others. Each morsel of information that he gained was
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education. Malcolm X’s use of self education‚ coupled with religious inspiration and guidance‚ led him to become one of the greatest civil rights activists in America. It quickly became apparent to Malcolm’s family that white society would never give blacks fair treatment. Before Malcolm was out of grammar school‚ Malcolm’s father had been murdered and his mother‚ who was left to take care of his eight siblings‚ was put in an insane asylum. This resulted in Malcolm moving to New York to live with his
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Adnan Basic As a Muslim growing up in the United States‚ I always had an innate curiosity for Malcolm X. I knew very little of him‚ with the only information I knew was that he was a black civil rights leader who converted to Islam‚ and was synonymous with the Nation of Islam. Through reading his autobiography‚ I not only got to learn how he became a Muslim‚ but why he had converted. This conversion not only lead to him becoming a better person‚ but a better leader‚ which helped him become a key
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eventually moved to New York City‚ where he became an important member of the black mob. He later got into serious trouble with another gangster and returned to Boston in 1945. In 1946 Malcolm was sentenced to seven years in jail for robbery. While in prison‚ Malcolm became a follower of Elijah Muhammad‚ the leader of a small‚ urban cult‚ known as the Nation of Islam. Upon his release from prison Malcolm became a key member of the Black Muslim Movement. Under the guidance and teachings of Elijah Mohammed
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Michigan‚ where he worked with the leader of the NOI‚ Elijah Muhammad‚ to help expand the NOI’s following among black Americans nationwide. Malcolm is largely responsible for the spread of Islam in the black community in the United States. Malcolm X went on to become one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. He is credited with raising the self-esteem of black Americans and reconnecting them with their African heritage. Both Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and Malcolm X
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Malcolm X lived a life marked by extremism. Confronted with extreme racism‚ Malcolm looked for extreme social and religious solutions; this would lead to both his redemption and his demise. This is the story of Malcolm X. Malcolm X lived a life of multiple identities. Born Malcolm Little in 1925‚ he was the son of a Nebraskan preacher. By the time he was in his teens he was known as ‘Detroit Red’ and had descended into a sordid lifestyle of petty crime and drugs. Following his murder at
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devoted his whole life to Islamic beliefs. He was so driven to learn his religion and for equality among his fellow brothers and sisters. During segregated times Malcom X was a civil rights activist who wanted all blacks to be treated equally and fair. Though the way he saw it was that black people must do anything and everything to be treated fair even if it lead to violence. His drive made him a target for the FBI and they kept a close eye on his every
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this Malcolm could now fully understand what reading was and knew what every book meant. Malcolm was born in 1925 and died in 1965. He was a noted political activist and writer (265). “A feud that developed over his desire to unify the races and free blacks in America resulted in his assassination by unnamed assassins at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem‚ N.Y. on February 21‚ 1965” (265). Malcolm felt frustrated when trying to write because he was street smart and could speak intellectually but on paper
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section reveals some of the background of Malcolm X. His entire family was targeted for the color of their skin. Back then‚ the ‘normal’ people were people with white skin. People with white skin had straight and smooth hair‚ therefore‚ people with black skin wanted straight and smooth hair as well. When Malcolm X took the step to have his hair ‘conked’ (straightened)‚ he “joined that multitude of Negro men and woman who are brainwashed into believing that the lack
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