The Autobiography of Malcolm X

In the autobiography The Sunflower by Simon Wiesenthal, Simon, who’s the main character went through much heartache and confusion; throughout being separated from his family to being put into concentration/work camps. Simon witnessed many people brutally slaughtered, including close friends. While working one day on the line a nurse pulled Simon aside and took him to a school building that had been turned into a hospital. There he saw a man whose face was completely wrapped in bandages. This…

The Assassination of Malcolm X One of the most influential male leaders of the 20th century is Malcolm X. Born to Earl Little, his father, and Louise Norton Little his mother. Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, NE but shortly after Malcolm’s birth his family moved to Lasing, Michigan where Malcolm was raised. Ridiculed by his teachers at a young age, Malcolm dropped out of high school never to pursue his aspiration to become a lawyer. It wasn’t long after when Malcolm moved in with a…

Henry and X On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry addressed a speech to the 122 delegates from the colony of Virginia. He wanted to obtain freedom from the British, and become his own country. Almost 200 years later, Malcom X, a human rights activist, composed a very similar speech. His goal was to give equal rights to blacks in America. Although the two men may both be seen as extremists for their cause, they left a mark on America’s history of separatism. Patrick Henry and Malcom X both build…

Can you imagine living in a world where you are being judged by the color of your skin? A man in particular by the name of Martin Luther King Jr. saw what was happening in America and decided to make a change. King dedicated his life to changing the way people of color were being viewed by society. He wanted freedom for for all and he fought an endless battle so that we could be where we are today. His speeches, marches and actions became turning points in the Civil Right Movement such as his…

In John Carlos autobiography The John Carlos Story , John Carlos and Dave Zirin wanted to tell his story of what all he went through as a black athlete and how he decided to deal with racism in the United States. This was written by John Carlos and an author named Dave Zirin. Dave Zirin wrote in the afterword section of the book about things he was currently going through that made him want to write about John Carlos or to hear his story. This book was about John and him starting from the very…

Over the course of the last 15 years, my body has been taken over by FBI handlers for experimentation ad surveillance. It started just after September 11, 2001, and it has caused immense challenges for me in my own life. I went from running my own business to slapping myself, yelling and being completely unable to work. My business closed down, and I was put into a mental hospital by my father. This was done, I believe, as an attempt to discredit me by diagnosing me as bipolar and schizophrenic.…

Martin Luther King Jr. accelerated the Black Power movement through self-determination and self-respect, but decelerated the process in terms of self-defense because of his nonviolent perspective. Malcom X on the other hand accelerated all three tenets through Black Nationalism. More particularly Malcom X encouraged individualism, separatism through any means possible, including violence. Similarly Stokely Carmichael, also known as Kwame Taft, promoted all three tenets through education.…

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,”…

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…