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    Jesus, Moses and Elijah Breath control and posture: I stand up, on my open legs. I breathe before starting to read to have a better production of voice. Vocal production: Because my breathing vowels had better sounds. Voice and Interpretation: Tone of my voice varied. I did no use word contractions. Use of eyes: When reading I tried to make eye contact with the audience, also by using my eyes and looking three different places to create images of presence of Jesus, Moses and Elijah.…

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    Otrowski, his incarceration, and his pilgrimage to Mecca. Malcolm’s imprisonment ties into the central idea systemic oppression because Malcolm began to practice the teachings of Elijah Muhammad in which he would later become a radical. It also can tie into racial identity because Malcolm learns about the teachings of Elijah Muhammad in which he would later become a radical advocating civil rights for African Americans.…

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    God. I Kings 17:18 depicts Elijah as the Man of God. There is even the phrase “Call my sin to remembrance,” this further shows that the Man of God is holy and just. If we were to take the same look at the life of Elijah, as we did Moses, I believe we would come to many of the same conclusions about them being Men of God. Elisha is also referenced as the Man of God, many a time in II Kings. Elisha is one of the most respected prophets of the Old Testament. Successor to Elijah, he no doubt had the…

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    He stayed away from drugs and alcohol, and he prayed five times a day. He began to work with the leader of the Nation of Islam to expand the movement for black Americans. When Elijah and X met he recommended that Malcolm change his last name from Little to X, because of a symbolic rejection of his antecedent name. After a while, X became the minister of Temple No. 7 in Harlem and Temple No. 11 in Boston. He demanded that blacks…

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    As a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, my moral compass has been greatly influenced by Chippewa culture and tradition. For centuries, Chippewa have practiced the teachings of the Seven Grandfathers: Nibwaakaawin, Zaagidwin, Minadendmowi, Aakdewin, Debwewin, Dbaadendizwin, and Gwekwaadziwin. Each Grandfather represents the different values of wisdom, love, respect, bravery, truth, humility, or honesty. Chippewa believe these seven attributes serve as a guideline for how we…

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    Malcolm X Freedom Facts

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    Rights Experience. Jessica Carney Smith and Linda T. Wynn. Canton: Visible Ink Press, 2009. Credo Reference. Web. 7 Dec. 2015. Malcolm forcefully pushed rights for blacks, talking on country TV and meetings to national productions if the respectable Elijah Muhammad endorsed the meeting. Malcolm national consideration made somewhere in the range of pressure with country of Islam. keeping the issue of bigotry an imbalance in the front line of America society. his viewpoints were enabling to…

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    3 Favorite Books If I had to list three books that inspired my way of thinking, it would the Autobiographies of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson, The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Parker, and The Cosmopolitan Canopy by Elijah Anderson. These books exposed me to the realities of the world we live in. The Autobiographies of an Ex-Colored man displayed the constant struggle of a biracial child navigating through a world of privilege, racism, and oppression while simultaneously,…

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    hate and fire with fire. Baldwin implies that if racism remains rampant, violent protestors may soon outnumber the peaceful ones and if this happens, then everyone would suffer. His meeting with Elijah is a sign that another option is now on the table and that if he was intrigued enough to visit Elijah despite obvious disagreement, then many more will surely follow in his footsteps. Baldwin wants people to understand that a violent uprising is not out of the question if racism continues to go…

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    Elijah Harper was the first Treaty Aboriginal to be a Member of The Legislative Assembly in Manitoba. He was in the Legislature between the years of 1981-1997. Elijah Harper’s career achievement was blocking the passing of The Meech Lake Accord. Elijah Harper was correct that the Meech Lake Accord deserved to be stopped. This is due to the fact that it was being voted on by people who had a conflict of interest. Secondly, it would have created an inequality of power between Quebec and the rest…

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    After Fard’s leadership was over, one of his followers kept this saying popular when he took over as the leader of the Nation of Islam. His name was Elijah Muhammad. Elijah Muhammad was known for his strong hatred towards Christianity and white people. He had no intentions of integrating with the white community. One of his popular quotes is “White is evil; non-white is good.” When the Nation of Islam was criticized…

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