Ian Malcolm

Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and A Raisin in the Sun share significant similarities. With an enlightening passion, Dr. King’s speech highlights his hope that one day, there will be equality between black and white people. During his time, black people faced a great injustice of segregation and deceit. In A Raisin in the Sun, Walter has a dream of his own that relates to Dr. King’s dream. Walter believed that investing in a liquor store would allow his family to live a better life by making…

Why is Nelson Mandela a role model for so many people in the world? Nelson Mandela is a hero for lots of people because of his fearless fights for the civil and human rights around the world. He led several campaigns and protests in South Africa against the apartheid system. This system separated the South African people by their skin colors. Therefore white and black Africans did not have the same and equal rights. Due to Mandela’s actions, the leaders in South Africa who supported racial…

Martin Luther King is a famously known Civil Rights activist during the Civil Rights Era. His contributions led to equal rights for men of color and whites. One of his strongest attributes was, to persuade people to think or do what is right. Two cases of this are his famous "I Have a Dream" speech and his "Letter From Brigham Jail". In both works, he uses persuasive text to persuade the reader do or think someway. His persuasive texts contain numerous logical appeals and emotional appeals. The…

In the two great pieces of literature by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream” and “Letter From Birmingham Jail”, he uses both logical and emotional appeal and executes them brilliantly. Although they are both strong points used by Dr. King he has a greater strength in using emotional appeal, or pathos, than logical appeal, or logos. As he refers to the Emancipation Proclamation and the Alabama Christian Movement for human rights there are some potent arguments about how the African…

Cesar Chavez voiced his opinion on why society should choose a nonviolent response instead of violent in a religious article on the tenth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. As a labor union organizer and civil rights leader, Chavez understands how the use of nonviolence is powerful by experiencing the effects of peaceful protests to get a message across and attaining effective change without having to resort to violence. Chavez reaches out to his audience by stating that…

The African Nelson Mandela and the American Martin Luther King are important and influential heroes who made the world better somehow, in terms to fight for black people rights in their country. According to (www.dictionary.com), a hero is defined as “ the man of distinguished courage or ability, admired for his brave deeds and noble qualities”. Certainly, both heroes had the courage to sacrifice for black people with extreme power to resist the racism in the past using various ways. It is clear…

Chania Whitaker Review Article Fall 2015 AAAS Literature 204 Black Muslims and White Devils: A Critique of New York Time’s Coverage of Malcolm X’s separatist Movement. Integration is a slow moving process in America, and looking at the obvious separation of groups today proves how slow that process is. Groups of people are still being pushed to the margins of society, depending on their class, race, religion and other contributing factors. When integration started to be introduced into…

victims of hate crimes by organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan. Blacks were not treated as equal and segregation persisted. Martin Luther King advocated for non-violent protests and believed resistance was not a sign of weakness but of strength. Malcolm X believed blacks had to retaliate against all the injustices and fight for their freedom through acts of aggression and violence. Some were in favor of this tactic, but others believed violence only caused more tension.…

Last but not least, was the Pan-Africanist movement by the one and only Malcolm X. Similarly to Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X movement was also more of a grassroots movement which focused on the “average Joe” instead of the elites as W.E.B. Dubois did. However, unlike Garvey, Malcolm X’s Pan-African movement did not involve going “back to Africa” but staying in America and fighting for what he believed in. Malcolm X Pan-African movement was more so a black power movement. The black power movement was…

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…