The Autobiography of Malcolm X

rights as someone else? Malcolm X wanted equal rights with whites, but the nonviolent way didn’t work for him. Martin Luther King wanted nonviolence and to integrate with whites. They both made a big impact on the Civil Rights Movement. Which path would you pick? Malcolm X or Martin Luther King. Malcolm being a realist or a person seeing the world as is was ready to fight for his rights. Martin Luther King didn’t want violence, but peaceful boycotts and protests. I think Malcolm X’s philosophy…

Cone, James H. "Malcolm X: the impact of a cultural revolutionary." The Christian Century, vol. 109, no. 38, 1992, p. 1189. Academic OneFile, Born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska to the parents of J. Early Little and Louise Norton. He recounted his childhood, as living in a nightmare everyday, due to white supremacy. Terrorized by the local Ku Klux Klan, Malcolm and his family relocated to Michigan. However, the nightmare didn’t end, his home was destroyed and father murdered…

On February 21, 1965 a civil rights hero named Malcolm x was shot to death 21 times by 3 nation of Islam member. Why did he deserve to die? Why was he a target to hate? So many questions surrounded his death a successful civil rights leader who believed in African American too have rights as well. Who believed in black power and who was fearless of hate groups such as the Klu Klux Klan and the nation of Islam but above all to speak the truth of how it is to be a African American in the United…

Civil Rights Malcolm X and the Black Panthers were two strong influences during the civil rights movement. The two founders of the Black Panthers, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, were sick of not being able to defend themselves against people like white supremacists or the Ku Klux Klan, during the civil rights movement. As a way to defend themselves, Newton and Seale created the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Malcolm X worked with the Black Panther Party and became an important voice for…

Prep Assignment Part One: Introduction: Civil Rights leader, Cesar Chavez, in his magazine article, addresses violence in society. Chavez’s purpose is to convey that violence is temporarily successful, however, it exploits people. He adopts an impassioned tone to convey his message that violence is never the answer. Supporting Points in Chronological Order: “If...we respond with nonviolence, we attract people’s support.” (Paragraph 3) “Violence… is temporarily successful, it replaces one…

It took many things to get the freedom we have today. Malcolm X gave stunning speeches In the 1950s to show people that racism and civil rights were very important. Malcolm X's speech was more powerful and it's because he used a tone that conveys action, impactful metaphors and a call to action. Malcolm X uses tone while when he says, “ They've always said that I'm anti-white. I'm for anybody who's for freedom. I'm for anybody who's for freedom. I'm for anybody who's for justice. I'm for…

In "The Ballot or the Bullet" Malcolm X said that " Those big Negros didn’t need big jobs, they already had jobs." Malcolm acting upon years of torment and being ridiculed finally standing up for something he believes in. Walter, in A Raisin in the Sun, is tired of working for the same people, wants something better, something that doesn’t involve working for the white man. Malcolm fights not only for black rights but also to keep the white man out of the black community. Both men must take on…

own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself.” (“Quotes by Malcolm”). Malcolm X had stated this during one of his anti-discrimination rallies to motivate his followers to take a stand. A human rights activist, Malcolm X sparked a revolution which encouraged active defiance against racism, a new tactic among leaders fighting for racial equality which condoned using violence to gain equality. Malcolm X had adopted his own beliefs from a young age, which had allowed him to…

Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X and Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains are books that create a controversial matter with keeping, reaching out and challenging their readers. Most of all both of these books mainly have the issue with the white readers. Both books similarly challenge their white readers by criticizing them and or creating an image or situation that offers them a way out. Paul Farmer’s and Malcolm X’s mediator’s, Tracy Kidder and Alex Haley, play a major role in…

Malcolm vs the Daughters The goal of the Civil Rights Movement was to end the segregation, discrimination, exploitation, and violence that African Americans suffered. Civil disobedience and nonviolent protests drew attention to the inequalities that blacks faced and as a result of these movements legal action was taken such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. It's difficult for anyone to deny the progress the Civil Rights Movement caused but because of differing…