The Autobiography of Malcolm X

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    I know a lot about Minister Lois Farrakhan. Louis Farrakhan, Sr. (born Louis Eugene Wolcott; May 11, 1933, and formerly known as Louis X) is the leader of the religious group Nation of Islam (NOI). He served as the minister of major mosques in Boston and Harlem, and was appointed by the longtime NOI leader, Elijah Muhammad, as the National Representative of the Nation of Islam. After Warith Deen Muhammad disbanded the NOI and started the orthodox Islamic group American Society of Muslims,…

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    Sacrificed lives became the outcome of being broken by others, for the leaders in a fourth dimension of the crisis have very many similarities. Differences being just as apparent helps just as much to make that alteration of existence possible. To the men that hoped and struggled to make it possible to wittiness a change for a better world. The stories of two men; "I am Prepared to Die" by Nelson Mandela and "Letters from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr, which will be teachings for…

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    I believe that Malcolm X did grow into a positive black leader and member of the nation of Islam because of his tragic life, his motivation, and his belief. Firstly, Malcolm X’s life was full of tragic events that helped him become a positive black leader and member of the nation of Islam. Growing up Malcolm’s father died, which led him to live in a foster home. Malcolm also dropped out of school and began gambling, stealing, doing drugs, and becoming an unfaithful man. Malcolm X even went to…

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    In the articles “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and “Speech at the March on Washington” by Josephine Baker both mention the only way you can achieve true peace is through non-violence. It is true that the only way to have true freedom is through nonviolence. First and foremost, in the source “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. argues that his people are using nonviolence over violence. Lines 382-384 King states “Rather, I have tried to say that…

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    inspire change in a nation. One of those such people was Malcolm X, an aggressive revolutionist who took over the movement through fiery rhetoric. In his speech, “The Ballot or the Bullet,” he uses mostly his own opinions, beliefs, and emotions on the experiences at hand, rather than logic and reasoning to convince the audience that there needs to be a change in the way African Americans are treated in the United States. In his speech Malcolm encourages the fight for social justice on many…

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    Lemlem Beyene Oct 27, 2015 Malcolm X "The Ballot or the Bullet" In this speech, Malcolm X want his audience to know that black people are not American citizen, they are just victims of Americanism. He want to encourage African American to stand up for their rights and take actions against White politicians that are preventing them from getting their civil rights. He goes by saying “It’ll be the ballot or it’ll be the bullet. It’ll be liberty or it’ll be death. And if you’re not ready to…

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    Karlie Grose English 11 Mrs. Shandera Janarury 19, 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X greatly impacted today's society and the civil rights movement by providing effective tactics to influence change, which has been adopted from civil rights groups today. Both of these men had different strategies for their movement, even though both were successfully impacting the white community during that time period, the two dedicated to their lives to the people and fighting for what they…

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    Malcom X Thesis

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    Malcom X. was Black civil right leader in 1960s in the united states and outspoken public voice of the Black Muslim faith, challenged the mainstream civil rights movement and the no violent pursuit of the integration championed by Martin Luther King Jr. he urged followers to defend themselves against white aggression “by any means necessary”. Born Malcom little, he changed his last name to X to signify his rejection of his “slave”. In 1964, Malcom X made a pilgrimage to mecca and changed his…

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    Malcolm X Freedom Facts

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    Bracks, Lean’ Tin L. "Malcolm X (1925--1965)." Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil 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.…

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    demonstrate, “Malcolm X delivered "The Ballot or the Bullet" to a predominantly African-American meeting in… the Congress of Racial Equality …which was shifting from nonviolent protest to Malcolm X-like black nationalism. Helping provoke this shift were speeches like this one, which was received enthusiastically” (Miller). Many African Americans came to Malcolm’s speech because they really wanted to know what he meant by the “ballot” and “bullet”. By the end of his speech, Malcolm wanted that…

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