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    Jr. and Malcolm X. Despite the two characters had different perspectives on how to approach the relevant occurrences and followed diverse religions, the final subject seems to have had a strong impact on the decisions they took and on their course of action. The first figure to consider is Martin Luther King Jr. who was an African American clergyman, activist, and conspicuous leader who played a great role in the progression of civil rights in…

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    WHO ACHIEVED MORE FOR BLACK AMERICANS, MARTIN LUTHER KING OR MALCOLM X? Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are the two most well-known, influential activists in the civil rights movement. Although they both fought for the same cause, during the same time, they had very different approaches towards the ways in which the civil rights’ movement was to succeed. They also held different principles and views about what an ideal, racially equal world would look like. Martin Luther King opted for the…

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    Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are well known African Americans who fought for what they believed in but in different methods. MLK (Martin Luther King), for example, used “weapons of love,” whereas Malcolm X used harsh realism and relied on doing things “by any means necessary.” However, violence is never an option in any situation, especially when trying to establish equality within a nation. Therefore, Malcolm X’s viewpoints to inspire change are not reasonable. To start, there are…

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    Throughout our lives there has been many stories on the great Malcolm X. Some people might have a bad perception of him seeing from his pass and also his actions. Malcolm Little known to the world as Malcolm X was one of the most powder leaders during the civil rights movement. Through his lifetime, he's been through trial and tribulations with his father dying and his mom being put in a mental hospital. These trails that he went through as a young child made him have to grow up fast. Each name…

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    In collaboration with journalist, Alex Haley, Malcolm X tells of his life from his grim childhood to his unexpected death in The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925 to Reverend Earl Little and Louise Little. Reverend Little was an iron-willed, confident, and independent man, according to Malcolm’s memory. Little was a strong leader who had no problem speaking against whites and he frequently had organized events in Omaha, Nebraska; in turn, it became a case…

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    strategies and techniques that I personally had to implement and improve on along the way. Some steps were new, and some were review; but all were necessary for success. Through my comparing and contrasting essay on the speeches of Patrick Henry and Malcolm X Little, the steps I took to build a successful analysis outlined the learning and writing process taken through the elements of rhetoric. The first task of writing my rhetorical analysis was reading the speeches from Henry…

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    autobiography has played an integral role in documenting the realities of African-American life in American literature. Rising to literary prominence concurrently with the Civil Rights Movement and the emergence of leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, these publications illustrated an existence permeated by struggle and provided unprecedented representation of the black reality within popular literature. These autobiographies taken together depict a collective existence incongruent…

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    Ferederick Douglass and Malcolm X Comparison Essay Fredrick Douglas who was former salve and uneducated, learned basic reading form one of his mistress Sofia Auld. He managed to further his education form outside resources since his wife forbids Sofia form teaching him. Malcom X, who also had semi similar background when it comes to education thought him self-writing in a way he sound literate. Although Malcom X revived education it was very limited since he has to move from time to time as he…

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    Malcolm X had a tumultuous life as is well known. Born in 1925, he saw his father lynched. Moving first to Boston and then to New York City in the 1940s, he became a hustler and petty criminal. While incarcerated for burglary indictment, he made contact with the Nation of Islam, whose message of Black resistance in the face of oppression by "white devils" appealed to him. He soon begin a program of self-education, which would go on to influence the nation..Malcolm X Political Views changed…

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    Malcolm X’s “Literacy Behind Bars” and Sherman Alexie’s Ten Little Indians are two completely different works, but both have a similar theme. In “Literacy Behind Bars,” Malcolm X discloses the details of his journey to becoming literate. Meanwhile, in Ten Little Indians, a young Spokane Indian woman by the name of Corliss recalls her quest to find a Spokane Indian poet by the name of Harlan Atwater. Both Corliss and Malcolm X went through their childhood not having complete access to their…

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