Exploring The Role Of Violence In Malcolm X

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In the second half of the book Malcolm X is talked about more and is more involved with the story line. The amount of violence increases and intensifies, an example of that would be Bloody Sunday. Enter one of these acts of violence John Lewis is brutally injured it is taken to the hospital but not before giving a speech. The president takes notice of the violence and takes action in requesting congress to carry out the amendment talking of voting rights. In the very end of the book there was a march from Selma to

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