Ballot or the Bullet People would come from all over the country to Harlem‚ New York in the year 1964 to listen to Malcolm Little‚ better known as Malcolm X‚ give his speeches about having more civil rights for the black community. He claimed that they should try to spend money inside of their community to help it prosper and prevent it from becoming a slum or a ghetto. He compared their situation many times to when America was first starting and how they had to fight for their freedom from Britain
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Questions on “The Ballot or the Bullet” – Malcolm X Define each terms (as it is used in the Speech): Americanism this is based off the supposedly democracy that America has and saying that all he sees is all we’ve seen is hypocrisy Black nationalism that we will have to carry on a program‚ a political program‚ of re-education to open our people’s eyes‚ make us become more politically conscious‚ politically mature‚ and then whenever we get ready to cast our ballot that ballot‚ will be cast for a
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Malcolm X: His very name is a stab to the beliefs of the white supremacists of his time"X" symbolizing "the rejection of slave-names’ and the absence of an inherited African name to take its place." Similarly‚ in his speech "The Ballot or the Bullet"‚ Malcolm X denounces the actions of the white population‚ without any attempts to appeal to them; his approach to the civil rights issue is in complete opposition to the tactics of other civil rights leaders of his time‚ such as Martin Luther King
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Malcolm X was a famous national spokesman and delivered the message of the Black should stand up and fight for freedom through an influential speech‚the Ballot and the Bullet. The purpose of the speech‚ “the Ballot and the Bullet”‚ was to persuade the African American to awake from being treated unfairly in political affairs‚ voting rights due to their nationality etc to become the controller of their economics‚ political aware or even human rights and civil rights. This essay is going to evaluate
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The Ballot or the Bullet The ballot or the bullet is one of the most influential speeches ever written‚ persuasive‚ outstanding and poetic. Malcolm X‚ a human rights activist wrote this speech because he was annoyed with the delay in reaching a verdict on the rights of Afro-Americans in the congress. He wanted to make it clear to them that if they couldn’t make a decision on the issue Afro-Americans would take matters into their own hands claiming it was either the ballot or the bullet promising
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Malcolm X Warns‚ "It Shall Be The Ballot or The Bullet" The 1960s were a time of battle for change. Frustrated and fed up with the oppression with which they were forced to live‚ influential people such as Malcolm X‚ Rosa Parks‚ and Martin Luther King‚ Jr. started a whirlwind known as the Civil Rights Movement. On Easter Sunday‚ March 29‚ 1964‚ Malcolm X gave a speech warning of "the ballot or the bullet" (3) from the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights‚ New York. Extending his position to black
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I will be talking about the racism that people had to face in these stories “Letter from Birmingham Jail”‚ “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. and “The Ballot or the Bullet” by Malcolm X. In the stories racism plays a big part. In one of the stories they talk about black people having the right to vote. Another one was about how would like to just white people. One of them had to do with telling black people how black people felt in the times. Racism has a part in all these books. In this
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Chris Dennis Critical Analysis of Communication Malcolm X’s Effectiveness as a Speaker Should not be in Question The context in which a statement is made can change the entire meaning of what was said. This is why many times people will use context as a defense for statements they make that offend or cause some sort of public backlash. The manner in which a person delivers a message and what messages the rhetor chooses to deliver can be a great indication of foundation of that
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In his speech‚ The Ballot or the Bullet‚ Malcolm X describes the social philosophy of black nationalism as one that aims to rid the evils that are destroying the moral fiber of the community‚ while also striving to create a separate black society and economy apart from the white one. According to Malcolm X‚ a white man’s mind cannot be changed. There is no point in trying to fix the problem of racial inequality
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Christian or a Muslim or a Nationalist” all African Americans had the same problem. Malcolm quotes in his speech that “they don’t hang you because you’re a Baptist‚ they hang you because you’re black”. Through this he exposes the “white man’s strategy” of divide and conquer and counterattacks it by highlighting the most important reason they were there in the first place‚ which was freedom of oppression. Malcolm instructs his people that before they can move forward they must first come together
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