The Autobiography of Malcolm X

started to ask these questions as he grew, and decided to look into other religions. He later discovered Islam; a religion of peace. He later learned that Cassius Clay was a slave name and changed his name to Muhammad Ali, a name given by Malcolm X. Malcolm X was a activist for African Americans and people of the Islam religion. (“Ego,” 2004). This made people start talking, people kept on asking him for interviews. He always talked about how he grew up asking questions about his faith, and…

Malcolm X was an active and controversial leader in the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement. His radical ideas and methods challenged other leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm did not have a stable childhood. His family of ten moved around the country frequently and was always subjected to acts of discrimination. His father Earl Little was a Baptist minister who was very involved in the fight for equality. Due to this early activism, the Little family received many death threats from the Black…

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a civil rights activist. He had a wife named Coretta Scott. They had four kids together. When Martin Luther King Jr. was younger he tried to commit suicide. He tried to commit suicide because he was upset when he found out that his grandmother had passed away. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April, 1969. In his life he earned a Nobel Peace Prize among many other honors. He was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He is still…

Human rights activist Malcolm X in his speech, “The Ballot or the Bullet” reiterates the injustice in America towards people of color and inspires the black community to use their power in numbers in the election (ballot) or if necessary by force (bullet). X’s purpose is to awaken the black community to their potential to put an end to discrimination in the 1964 election. He develops an informal yet forceful tone in order to convey his message in a way that is understandable for the audience…

Motivation for Self-Education The essays “Coming to the Awareness of Language” by Malcolm X and “The Library Card” by Richard Wright are about how two men tried to educate themselves by reading books. Malcolm X was a man in the 1940-1950 who spent his time in jail rewriting the pages of the dictionary to better himself as both a reader and writer. He wanted to better his education and be able to write letters to Elijah Muhammad without sounding uneducated. He was reading about African American…

Malcolm X and Martin Luther King both wrote powerful, motivating speeches to their people to endeavor a segregation movement. These speeches were given during the same time period: “I have a Dream” in 1963 and “Letter from Mecca” in 1964. Malcolm X in his devoted speech he talks about his experience in Mecca, which he saw many positive things. Martin Luther King's speeches empowered people lives because in his speech he called for an end to racism in the United States. Mr. King and Malcolm had…

is said by Malcolm X. Malcolm X is a very well known human rights activist. When he was born, his name was Malcolm Little, but then changed it because “He considered ‘Little’ a slave name and chose the ‘X’ to signify his lost tribal name.” (malcolmX.com). Malcolm X should go down in history as being just as well known as Martin Luther King. Throughout this paper, everyone should learn more about his life, his contributions and his impact, and there will be a comparison between Malcolm X and…

weren't treated the same. There were two influential people in this time period, Mlk and Malcom X. Basically Martin luther king wanted to end segregation with no violence and Malcolm X was the opposite.The civil rights movement should’ve been handled with violence. Malcolm X was right when he talked about how to handle the civil rights movement. His actions were for the good. He Did what was right. Malcolm X was correct when he talked about the civil rights movement. In document nine he talked…

“Dr. King wants the same thing I want -- freedom!” (Malcolm X). In the 1960’s the civil rights movement was huge for America. African Americans were fighting for their rights in every way they possibly could. Views were divided and there were multiple approaches people were taking to achieve the same goal: ending racial segregation. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X had the biggest reputation and influence during the civil rights movement, but these two men had both philosophical and…

“If you dont stand for something you will fall for anything”(Malcolm X). Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He was assassinated February 21, 1965 by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. His followers looked at him as a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, while he was there for the harshest term for crimes against black americans. People call him a preacher of…