The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Freedom.” She worked as the writer for the show, but after Bayard Rustin saw how good she was, he asked her to replace him and take over his job as co-producer. During this job was where she met and joined with other organizers and activists such as Malcolm X and Asa Philip Randolph. In 1968, on her 40th birthday, Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated. Since that day and every anniversary date the next years, Maya sent flowers to Coretta Scott King in loving memory of her friend, and Coretta’s…

education is a step towards having a good life. There are plenty who believe education was a waste of time but throughout life’s tests and hardships came to the realization that education is key. The authors Mark Mathabane, Richard Rodriguez, and Malcolm X went through hard times during their childhood years and in their articles they share what caused their paradigm about education to shift. Richard Rodriguez was born in Sacramento, California. Richard was shy when he was young and he…

There are many connections between the three readings that we used in class mainly between Mr. Cater in “I Ain’t Writin’ Nuttin’”, Maya in “No Kinda Sense” and Malcolm X’s experience with his “Homemade Education” autobiography . The people that the readings are focusing on all deal with them trying to find a sense of self, understanding who they are and how they play a role or the propose in their individual situations. They each go through their own story that test their ability to adapt or…

Eventually the pastor of our community church sat down in front of me and said “What color were they?” Up until this point in my life I referenced the neighborhood kids as young, the same age, or older than I. There was no race distinction in my life. I said to him “they were black” and an explosion rang throughout utopia. It was though I had been deaf all my life and suddenly in an instance, my hearing was restored. For the first time I heard words like “nigger,” “lynch” “coon” used in the…

knows her as a poet, but at the heart of her, she was a teacher. ‘When you learn, teach. When you get, give’ is one of my best lessons from her” (Duke). She was a civil rights activist, working with individuals such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm…

while pursuing education, and we have struggled with them for the longest time ever. Some of those problem and difficulties might have changed our way of approach after getting an experience to certain situation. The book “Learning to read” autobiography of Malcolm X, written in 1950s in Norfolk Prison discusses the issues he faced while getting himself educated. First year of college is an important step for students as it grants them chance to experience something new, something interesting…

The 1960s brought forth great leaders such Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. After the Civil War ended in 1865, many black people were quick to inform white people that they are ready to do things their way. African Americans started to reunite with families and wanted to start a new living by owning…

There were many great leaders during the Civil Rights Movement. Many of those leaders fought hard for what they believed in and sometimes the fates of those courageous people were not pleasant. Leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela fought the battle against discrimination peacefully; however, it resulted in great consequences for them both. Today, the world is familiar with some of the events that occurred during this time of struggle and devastation. It was never easy for the…

Racism is an issue that has plagued the American community since the dawn of its time. America is centered around racism and it has been used to build the structure of America. Capitalism needs a sacrifice to function. The sacrifice being the working class, the closest to free labor other than slavery. The ones who work for the rich. America has created a system using racism to exploit African-Americans and other minorities to be that sacrifice. This has left black communities trapped in a cycle…

The Black movement was influenced by a number of factors including Malcolm X’s disagreements of Martin Luther King’s peaceful methods. Naturally, if they were not going the route of peace it meant that their activism would be mainly violent, and it was. Though it was peaceful in some sense, African Americans still decided that violence was a way to get what they wanted which is why Malcolm X appealed to them so much. However, The Black Power Movement did become popular in other countries, one of…