blacks were still confined to public high schools and homes. In addition‚ the group known as the Nation of Islam emerged with Malcom X as their leader. He claimed that African Americans were in war with the whites. Following his religion in Islam‚ Malcom X performed a pilgrimage in Maca. On his return‚ he was assassinated by the black Muslims group due to his change on violence. Three years after Malcom X’s death‚ on April 4‚ 1968‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was also assassinated in which case‚ this
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for Black Americans‚ Martin Luther King or Malcom X? Explain your answer. [50marks] Introduction It is very debatable whether Malcolm X or Martin Luther King achieved more for Black Americans‚ as Malcolm X used peace to help out with the division yet Martin Luther King used violence. They both said to help end the division between African Americans and White Americans. They both succeeded in two completely different ways. Malcolm X Malcolm X was seen as a positive move towards helping African
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Victor In the very first sentence of Sherman Alexie ’s "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona‚" you can assume that the main character‚ Victor‚ is facing a hard life. Not only did he lose his job‚ he also lost his father to a heart attack the same day. The story tells the journey of Victor and an old friend‚ Thomas Builds-the-Fire‚ traveling to Phoenix to pick up his father ’s ashes‚ pickup truck‚ and money from his savings account. Victor did not have any money and neither did anyone else
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HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS Abstract The Latin language went through many changes during the 10th – 14th centuries. Many changes were attempted and failed in the pursuit of one common language that could be read‚ written and understood by all. Latin was all but forgotten by the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th centuries. Historical Foundations: 3 Running head: HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS Up until the twelfth century‚ Latin was the language used primarily by the well-educated and
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Jr. and Malcolm X have the key to its freedom. Similar to society‚ Martin Luther King Jr. is locked in jail and uses his situation to write “Letter from Birmingham Jail”‚ a letter pushing for the end of racism. The other civil rights leader‚ Malcolm X‚ is building support to fight discrimination with “Racism: The Cancer that is Destroying America”. It takes a lot to convince people to think a certain way‚ let alone to act out on behalf of those thoughts. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are both
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Throughout “Small Change‚” Malcolm Gladwell describes how the civil rights movement have changed. He introduces the traditional activism at the beginning of the essay. Then‚ he briefly introduces one example of reinvented social activism. The author shows social changes by using social media‚ such as Twitter‚ Facebook‚ and YouTube. The author points out that unlike traditional activism‚ recent social activism is empowered by social media and leads to unexpected results because they can easily unite
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Malcolm Gladwell’s article "Small Change: Why the Revolution Will not be Tweeted" raises many questions about the potential contributions web-based social networking has attributed to the emergence of progressive social movement and change. "The revolution will not be tweeted" is reflective of his view that social media has no useful application in serious activism‚ which is a bold assertion‚ given the impact that social media has on today’s society. Gladwell believes that effective social movements
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In the novel Reservation Blues‚ Sherman Alexie utilizes the characters dreams to illustrate the relationship between the Native Americans and the white people. These dreams show an ongoing struggle amongst the two societies‚ in addition to the deterioration of the Indian culture. These dreams are better described as nightmares because not a single one of the dreams are positive and bare anything respectable about the Native American society. Sherman Alexie attempts to disclose the humiliation and
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no matter who tells it. I’m for justice‚ no matter who it’s for or against”‚(Malcolm X) was an African American humans rights activist. He spoke against racism and violence‚ this man was a someone who spoke with power. People looked up to him. Back in the day‚ there was so much racism going on and it was great to know that we had someone like Malcolm X speak on the black community’s behalf. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were two very powerful people‚ they always said things that were positive they
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and also the structure of the speech‚ for example whether the speech is fluid or hesitant‚ whether the lexis is stressed to create emphasis or whether synonyms are repeated or not. All of these different features on a lexical level can completely change the perception and picture of who we imagine is speaking and the extract can be interpreted in a completely different way. The spoken features of the four different extracts are all fairly different. For example ‘Text A’ uses pauses and stressed
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