Malcolm McDowell

The founder of this movement was The Honorable Elijah Muhammad. This founder would teach Blacks they should have pride in themselves and that Whites were evil. Muhammad Ali met with the company of Malcolm X and acknowledged to the public that he was now a member of the Nation of Islam and along with many other things, he insisted to be known from that moment on forth by the name Muhammad Ali and renounced as he put it his slave name, Cassius Clay…

The language perspectives of Malcolm X "Homemade Education" and Jimmy Santiago Baca "Coming into Language" give their accounts on the experiences they had in developing and accomplishing their vocabulary and language skills through self- exploration and determination. Malcolm X was an African American male, his perspective of language came from the streets of Harlem, his life as a hustler made him street smart. Before his incarceration he felt and expressed in his essay that he was one of “the…

Law enforcement claims that Peters a drug wholesaler, and Arturo Beltran Leyva had a relationship. Craig Petties (Race Car aka Kansas) is an African American male who was born in Tennessee. He was raised in the Riverview – Kansas neighborhood by a hard working mother who lay a spiritual foundation. Religion played a critical role in his life. Nevertheless, Race Car dropped out of high school and started dealing drugs at 19. He met a member of the Beltran Leyva family, La Barbie. Over the years,…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was born in Atlanta Georgia in 1929 to a middle class family. His father was a preacher and leader of his church. Martin grew up and became a preacher too. Martin was very smart he went up north to college and liked how blacks were treated there. He got a Dr. degree and started to get in to the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. started his own civil rights group that had very peaceful protests and believed in not hurting anyone. Martin Luther King Jr.…

The person who I chose to research more information on is, Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. but he identifies himself as aka: ‘Snoop Dogg’. American Rapper/Record producer and Actor, Entrepreneur. He was raised as a Baptist, then he converted to Mormonism, then to Islam and now currently his religion is Rastafari religion • Aka: Snoop Dogg was born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California, US. • He was raised Baptist, starting his musical career by playing the piano at the local Baptist church.…

While in jail, I had a spiritual awakening. I met a positive brother by the name of Jamal who befriended me early at my stay in the Fort Bend County Jail. Jamal was well in his late fifty’s and he was one of the first inmates to speak to me when I entered the tank. Jamal was arrested and charged for aggravated assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon and received a fifteen-year sentence. He was currently waiting on chain to go to the Texas Department of Corrections also known as…

The Black Power Mixtape is a historical documentary that shows footage shot by Swedish journalists who were examining the evolution of the Black Power Movement in America from 1967 to 1975. Their mission was to “[show] the country as it really is.” The documentary examines the movement year by year, highlighting important black leaders and historic events that have shaped our nation into what it is today. The footage they showed was very insightful. Interviews with black people living at the…

Where do you think the world would be if people like Bill Joy, Albert Einstein, or Bill Gates had never been given the opportunity to excel in their fields of expertise? The world very well may have been a different place, with no understanding of the atomic theory, computer programming, and no high speed personal computers. Their expertise and contributions to today's modern society were all developed out of chance and opportunity. Though many people view the key to success as grit and…

purpose 2. a person or thing that achieves desired aims attains prosperity.” Yet we all seem to take the definition of the word a bit differently, what might be considered successful to a six year old will vary from what it means to a 17 year old. Malcolm Gladwell, author of the book “Outliers”, defines success based on the facts of when you born, where you grew up, and what language you speak. However, I describe success differently as, work ethic, persistence, and faith. Swimming is one of my…

Mind Over Society Most people believe a successful person is one who graduates high school with outstanding grades, but the real question is, those that receive the excellent grades, how do they truly define success? Success of a person is defined as going for a higher education after high school and still managing to be delighted with what they have and what they are doing for the rest of their lives. It is an arduous process to achieve because it demands: self confidence, being the most…