Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Drastically different experiences develop drastically different views. This is epitomized when three highly-educated men from various backgrounds discuss an overarching counterseal theme of technology and religion. Tom Bartlett, Malcolm Gladwell and David Abrams all have stories to tell from their life experiences. Bartlett viewed religion as a way of life and, through religion, observed that hearts could be changed and made moral. Gladwell saw the world as corrupt, especially in 1900’s New York…

It was my junior year of high school when I was seventeen years old. The school counselors sat me down in a bleak, yellow office and explained to me that all of my missed classes were taking a toll; I would not be able to graduate on time like the rest of my classmates. The counselors talked amongst themselves afterwards and I could hear them saying that it was only a matter of time before I dropped out. Their hushed tones dripped with condescension as they remarked I was just like the rest of…

Dr. Martin Luther King Junior was an extremely influential writer, and speaker. In the 1960’s, there was a large Civil Rights movement that caused much violence, many protests, and the rising of strong speakers. Among them, was Martin Luther King Junior. King was very persuasive in his writings and speeches, and I believe that many of them came off as more of an emotional appeal, or patho, over logical (logo), to convince the public to stand up for Civil Rights. Between King’s “I Have a Dream,”…

Speech #1 Edward R. Murrow, a CBS reporter and war correspondent delivered a report from Buchenwald, Germany on April 16, 1945. He delivered this dialect upon seeing the atrocities committed by the Germans towards the Jews. He addresses the American people, describing the scene he had witnessed at this labor camp, which he found the scene to be so unbelievable that he is rendered speechless many times through out his speech. Murrow’s outrage is so apparent through-out his account, that it is…

One of the most fundamental similarities between these two men, though, was their pursuit of freedom for their people. While both Dr. King and Malcolm X viewed freedom differently, they both alleged their form was the best option, and this belief was combined with their unwavering awareness of racial tension, which both men had from young ages. This search for freedom, for liberation from white supremacy, pushed them to become activists in their communities. They both knew since childhood the…

Oratorical Analysis Paper The “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr. is known to be one of the most valuable, sentimental, brave, and memorable speeches of all times, his words inspired and touched so many people in America to fight for their civil rights; it state the idea that every single person in this country have to be treated equally regarding of the color, social status or race. Martin Luther King had a remarkable trajectory before the “I Have a Dream” speech; in 1960 he gave…

A genius is a term roughly used to describe one who has exceptional talent, ability and success. What is often not mentioned is the arduous climb that begins in childhood in order to blossom into a true genius. For a genius is inherently born with a specific talent, as all are, but how one develops and grows with that inner talent us what truly creates a genius. Eric Weiner’s Geography of Genius only begins to delve into to the depths of a true genius, the rest of the research is up to the…

Alvin Ailey was the choreographer of the masterpiece Revelations. His inspiration to create this performance was from his ‘blood memories’ of his childhood. Alvin Ailey grew up in a small town in Texas where racism was a big issue. As Ailey was African American, he grew up in a time of racial segregation, violence and lynching’s against African Americans. Early experiences in the Southern Baptist church instilled in him a fierce sense of black pride that would later figure…

Everyone knows him for promoting black pride and power, his name is Malcolm X. Born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925. Growing up with his father, Earl Little, a Baptist minister and supporter of Black Nationalist leader, Marcus Garvey. And mother, Louise Helen Norton Little ,and six siblings. His family was constantly harassed by a group called group of people called the ''Black Legion''. One night in 1929, while in his family home in Lansing, Michigan, they came to his house and set a fire…

they still held the same objective. Both leaders sought to obtain "...a fair shake for the black man in America. Martin Luther favored nonviolent acts, which stated that African-Americans would protest about the goodwill through nonviolence; while Malcolm X favored the use of violence believing that African Americans would use any means necessary, (Doc K), to obtain their natural rights (Doc I ). Between these two ideas, the idea which made more sense in the 1960s was the use of nonviolence.…