Halima Chowdhury Mr. Sullivan AP Language and Composition 17 March 2014 _From Malcolm Little to El-Hajj Maalik El Shabazz: The Contributions of Malcolm X_ In 1964‚ Civil Rights activist Malcolm X and his companion‚ Alex Haley enshrined Malcolm’s life and legacy into the contents of an autobiography. _The Autobiography of Malcolm X_ is in narrative detail‚ the progression of his life from Malcolm Little to Malcolm X to El- Hajj Maalik El Shabazz. Malcolm X was a force that brought upon change
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Khadija Prophet Muhammad Wife (Peace be upon them) In my religion Islam‚ many women played important roles for the rising of the religion. Among all of those women the most important and greatest woman is Khadija (peace be upon her) the prophet Mohammed (PBUH) first wife. Khadija had a great impact in the religion and a great impact on the prophet Mohammed life. It is because of her support that the prophet Mohammed was able to face all the difficulties he had at the beginning of
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FOREWORD God sent his messengers for guidance‚ and to create love and brotherhood among the people but unfortunately the history of religion is full of bigotry and hatred. The messengers were always the victims of violence. From Adam to this time‚ all the prophets without any exception‚ passed through the same channel of hatred and persecution. How nicely the Holy Quran has described this fact in the following verse: Alas for my servants! There comes not a Messenger to them but they mock at him
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Cited: Kevern Verney. Black Civil Rights in America. Routledge‚ 2000 Mother Tynetta Muhammad. http://noi.org/about.shtml‚ 1996 The Holy Quran with English Translation. Islam International Publication Limited‚ 2004 Malcolm X.‚ Haley A. The autobiography of Malcolm X. Grove Press‚ 1965 Lee F. Martha. The Nation of Islam: an American millenarian
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an experience most are subjected to. Nevertheless Malcolm X made the most of his circumstances and with the assistance of his mentor Honorable Elijah Muhammad‚ he was able to educate himself albeit through the teachings of the Nation Of Islam. The basis for Malcolm wishing to be educated was in his desire to truly communicate with Honorable Elijah Muhammad on a level to which he thought was worthy of the man he deified. The street lingo and slang he was proficient in‚ was not worthy of the man
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There’s a saying that “Experiences builds the character”.... or maybe it isn’t a common saying. However‚ it is a saying that is proven to 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
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Malcolm X was born on May 19th‚ 1925 in Omaha‚ Nebraska. Initially‚ his legal name was Malcolm Little‚ however‚ in 1952‚ he changed his surname to X because it stood for his lost tribal name‚ and because he believed that Little was his slave name. Malcolm lived with his mother‚ father‚ and seven siblings. His father‚ Earl Little‚ supported Marcus Garvey‚ the leader of Universal Negro Improvement Association (which was dedicated to racial pride). The Black Legion (a white supremacist organization)
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determination to be able to read and understand. literature led him to a freedom he had never had or ever felt before. He indulged himself in reading while broadening his vocabulary by copying the entire dictionary. As he followed the teachings of Elijah Muhammad‚ he found extraordinary interest in black history and slavery. Due to slavery’s horrific impact on Malcolm he became a minister of Mr. Muhammad’s‚ gaining enlightenment that would lead him to fighting for African-American’s human and civil rights
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odd jobs‚ and became involved in drugs and street crime. Convicted of burglary at the age of 20‚ he became attracted to the Black Muslim Nation of Islam movement while in jail. After he was released in 1952‚ he met the Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad and studied his teachings‚ which emphasized black pride‚ opposed integration‚ and portrayed white people as evil. Taking the name Malcolm X‚ he adopted the group’s tight discipline and soon became its best-known spokesperson‚ as he traveled widely
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Zack Buzzard Buzzard 1 Professor Jeff Stumpo English 112 21 March 2012 Muhammad Ali The greatest boxer to have ever lived‚ Cassius Marcellus Clay‚ Jr.‚ was born a great man with a passion for the sport of boxing. Through all of his struggles in life‚ he had to find a way to solve them without much confrontation. At the time when Ali was growing up nobody could really help him as he set out on his own. Boxing was his passion and always would be.
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