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    The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X Do you know who Malcom X is? Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. Malcolm X exhibited concepts of pride, black nationalism, and race in the 1950s and 1960s. The early years, teenage years, and years of being a minister/human rights activist makes up the autobiography of Malcom x. During the early years, Malcom X was considered Malcolm Little. Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska. Malcolm was…

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    Story: Charles Manson’s twisted psychological profile began developing from the very beginning; when he was born to a sixteen-year-old girl in Cincinnati who was an alcoholic for most of his young years. He left home at thirteen when he was sent away to the Gibault School for Boys in Terre Haute, Indiana, and spent many of his formative years hopping around the country, committing robberies here and there, which consequently landed him in detention centers and training schools. In 1955, Charles…

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    first aired. Another important part of the same era would be the civil rights movement. It was a “new day” for black people (55), and one religious movement was a large part of it: the Nation of Islam and its charismatic spokesperson, Malcolm X. This is how the idea of black pride is used in this short story. The Nation of Islam, which was founded in the early 1930’s, believed that the blacks had been stepped on by the Americans for far too long. This can be evidenced in the story through Mama;…

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    Malcolm X was somewhat of an extraordinary man. I found him to be very descriptive and honest in his auto biography, he mentions things such as his own prejudice and bias, and even describes himself as being somewhat self-conceited. He even proves at many points in the book that he himself is racist, being that he discriminates against white people from a lesser view point to avoid criticism. This auto biography greatly stresses how ethnic diversity was looked at negatively during this period of…

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    study; to learn some words.” With just books, pencils, tablets, and a dictionary, X spent day and night, even when the lights were out, to copy down words from the dictionary and learn them. Although he mostly talks about his passion “to help the black…

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    Despite the fact that Malcolm was sent to prison, where he was sentenced to 10 years, but was granted parole after serving 7 years, he was going to use the time to better his education that he missed out on from dropping out. Malcolm’s brother Reginald came to visit time from time, he was introducing the Nation of Islam (NOI) to Malcolm. The more Malcolm found out the more he read into the leader of the NOI, Elijah Muhammad. While in prison Malcolm joined the NOI. When Malcolm was released from…

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    institute, which lead all her children move to an orphanage. As Malcolm later attended school he proved to be very studious. This changed when in high school when he told his teacher he wanted to become a lawyer. That's when his teacher told him that blacks could…

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    discrimination according to him. Later on, the family moves to a new town called Lansing and their house is burned by a supremacist group, once this happens Malcolm states that he learns one of his earliest lessons of being black in the U.S.; he also describes the difference in success between a black person and a white person. Turning six, Malcolm’s father is killed by whites and the insurance company denies the family any money claiming the death was a suicide, leaving the family no money…

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    Rhetorical Analysis Of Malcolm X

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    racist mob.” And he means that if they don’t do anything about it now, then they will never be free from the violent racist mobs that control everything they do. He said that they will take over the places that the government isn’t willing to the black people with racism. He said that they have the right to protect themselves and each other by any means necessary. Malcolm believes that it is not right to judge a man by the color of his skin without even knowing him. Malcolm explained, “It is the…

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    Malcolm X was born on May 19 1925 as Malcolm Little in Nebraska. He was the fourth child out of eight in the family. Malcolm was the son of James E. Little, a preacher who supported the black nationalist ideals of Marcus Garvey. Since Malcolm 's father was such an outspoken man,and the racists did not like this, he would constantly receive threats so they moved to Lansing, Michigan, where his father continued to preach his beliefs despite the threats. The Little 's moved thinking they would be…

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