Malcolm X Essay

the Civil Right’s Movement. In a debate about student sit-ins Malcom X argues the idea of black power and his frustration with white culture. In his paragraphs Malcom discusses the hypocrisy of white cultural, and one prime example is education. Lately teaching the history of slavery or other important black issues have been lacking. America only teaches bits of parts of history, and slavery is not one of them. Malcom X was correct on the topic of white hypocrisy, and I agree with him.…

Najeem Wilson 1 Professor Evans Research Paper Topic – Malcolm X October, 10, 2017 Malcom X Do you ever think about how the world would be if certain people didn’t make an impact on it? I asked myself the same question and I say yes. There’s been plenty of people that’s made a significant impact on this world to make it how it is today. For example, George Washington, Rosa Parks, and MLK. In my opinion Malcom X, the well-known Civil Rights activist and religious leader, made the…

Frederick Douglass and Malcolm X were influential civil rights leaders who utilized a variety of techniques to overcome the obstacles on their path to achieving literacy. Douglass was an African American advocate, best known for his influence on slave abolition. He is also widely known as an inventor, inventing peanut butter and the telegraph. Malcolm X, on the other hand, was a human rights activist who acquired literacy in a national prison. He originally advocated for African American civil…

fight for freedom has been expressed by many in many different ways. One of the notable people that have expressed their want for freedom would be the Patrick Henry, speech “ Speech to the Virginia Convention” and Malcolm X “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech. Patrick Henry and Malcolm X are were two very different. Which both show examples of what want and fight for freedom in similar and different ways. Patrick Henry's speech to the second Virginia convention in on March 23, 1775, at St. John…

Malcolm vs the Daughters The goal of the Civil Rights Movement was to end the segregation, discrimination, exploitation, and violence that African Americans suffered. Civil disobedience and nonviolent protests drew attention to the inequalities that blacks faced and as a result of these movements legal action was taken such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. It's difficult for anyone to deny the progress the Civil Rights Movement caused but because of differing…

Malcolm X Was Ethical Malcolm X talked about the rules at the founding rally of the Organization of the Afro-American Unity "The Organization of Afro-American Unity shall include all people of African descent in the Western Hemisphere, as well as our brothers and sisters on the African continent. Which means anyone of African descent, with African blood, can become a member of the Organization of Afro-American Unity”. Malcolm X was a civil rights activist in the 1960’s, he lived in Manhattan,…

prevailed, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, although they had the same goal they had vastly different approaches to achieving them. Malcolm X proposed that white and black people work separately to stop racism, and they should build separate societies and industries run by the respective races, he also believes in the use of violence. Martin Luther King believed that all races should coexist and they should work together to achieve equality, and unlike Malcolm X he believes in peaceful tactics…

“Learning to read” by Malcolm X uses ethos and pathos throughout the whole essay. He gives you a sense of trust by letting his reader know that he is not perfect, being that he was once illiterate himself. He is comfortable with the fact that he came from the bottom and that he was not always this powerful influential man. He appeals to your emotions by giving examples of the racism he endured, and how he handled it. The first example of ethos found was “In the street, I had been the most…

In all three stories every author we’ve discussed have similar thinking of education. Mark Mathabane, Richard Rodriguez, and Malcolm X all thought education was a waste of time and had no point of learning. In the end, education helped them all to succeed in life. Education has always been very important and for some people it hasn’t been reachable. It is never too late to get an education. In the story of Mark Mathabane he talks about his struggles of not wanting to go to school to get an…

Malcolm X and the Pan-African Movement By reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X, it was revealed to have several themes. I chose to examine the theme of Pan-Africanism because it is the least discussed. It also appears to be the least discussed because of the debate surrounding this school of thought which evolved into a movement. Did the philosophy of Pan-Africanism influence Malcolm X? Did Pan-Africanism die as a result of the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement? How did…