The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X addresses an important topic in his conversation with the American ambassador in Africa. His observations on the causes and nature of racism are of a philosophical nature and have multiple interpretations that relate differently to Malcolm X, Anne Moody and Ta-Nehisi Coates. To understand the origin of racism, it is important to distinguish it from discrimination, which is considered normal and universal. Racism on the other hand is pathological and stems from the belief that some…

malignant in the body of America-then, all of the credit is due to Allah. Only the mistakes have been mine” (Page 389). The quote from The Autobiography of Malcolm X is the epitome of Malcolm X’s transformation into a conscientious activist shortly before his death. Malcolm X is trying to tell society that it can change from their racist, cancerous ways. Malcolm X’s transformation occurs through three key events and experiences that revolve around the central idea of systemic oppression.…

no freedom. Education is something that allows students to be “free”. While everyone has a different motive for their education, we all have a goal of how we want to use it. How we preserve our education, is up to the individual. In the Malcolm X’s autobiography, he explains the power of education and the effects it had on him as a person. Whether traditional teaching or self-teaching, modern day students and students from the past could agree on how grateful an education can be. Education is…

get equality. He had made a great contribution in helping African American strive for quality and made them realize the importance of achieving the real equality. At the same time, Malcolm X also was a civil rights activist who advocated the way of violence to improve the position of the black people. Although Malcolm X had more militant perspectives about how to promote the black power than Martin Luther King Jr., both of them had made a huge influence on promoted the African American to…

This quote is saying that with before utter happiness, there must be sadness. There cannot just be happiness all of the time. Sadness is part of life. To appreciate freedom completely, one has to go through something like slavery or prison first. Malcolm is saying that white people do not fully understand what freedom means because they have never gone through what black men and women have gone through. Antithesis In this quote, deepest darkness contrasts greatest joy. Slavery contrasts…

She had a strong belief in the African- American life style.() As an artist she used her words to express her feelings and emotions to her audiences. She was an American poet, memoirist and civil rights activist. In her life, she published many autobiographies and books of poetry, also debuting in any movies and plays and television shows for over 50 years. At a young age, Maya began to capture the…

His views and opinions on the world was so articulate and well-spoken it’s hard to believe he didn’t finish school. “Born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm X was a prominent black nationalist leader who served as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and '60s”(Biography). Like many other illiterate people Malcom X actually attended school. He attended school all the way up until middle school. In his school he was the only black student, and eventually he dropped out at…

rights activist. According to http://mayaangelou.com/ She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. Maya was born on April 4,1928 in St Louis, MO and died May 28,2014 in Winston-Salem, NC. Maya’s full name is Marguerite Ann Johnson. Maya won over 50 honorary degrees and wrote seven autobiographies. Maya went to George Washington High school and California labor…

determination. Determination is having the motivation to aspire to grow more intellectually. Malcolm X , Frederick Douglass, and Helen Keller were determined to be educated no matter what kind of circumstances they were facing. Malcolm X became educated by his determination to learn how to write well, be more articulate and even able to understand what he was reading while in prison. Malcolm X stated, “I saw that the best thing I could do was to get a hold of a dictionary- to study,…

In this biography I annotated three different texts, Mike Rose’s “I Just Wanna Be Average.”, Ana Castillo’s “We Would Like You to Know.”, and Malcolm X’s “Coming to an Awareness of Language.” I chose “I Wanna Be Average.” because he explains his experience in high school, and how he was able to overcome challenges to become successful. This is important to me because many of the situations brought up in the story are very relatable to my high school experiences. “We Would Like You to Know” has…