The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Movement altered the relationships between genders as women fought for equal rights. Leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X added hope and moral strength to movements as they spoke out for racial equality. This decade remains a significant turning point for the country, as it acted as a catalyst for future prosperity. In Jill Nelson’s autobiography, Straight, No Chaser, Nelson urges women to reexamine their daily existence and begin to establish a positive identity through the…

What is leadership? My interpretation of leadership is a role, where a person with a lot of knowledge and wisdom has good will and kind heart to lead the ones who do not know where exactly to move. To be a force for weaker minds, to help stay strong together and to stand straight for the common good and rights. Leadership quality according to the Forbes magazine is often a person does not have to be,” an extroverted charismatic trait to practice leadership,” Also “and those with charisma don’t…

After, the Black Panther Party became a militant black organization in America that was in the north and south. They educated African Americans about capitalism and how America was trying to liberate the people. They catered to the welfare of the African American people in less fortunate areas with free food and education. Unlike Dr. King, Black Panthers believed that if the police officers,or anyone racist used physical force amongst them, they were allowed to use it back. Huey Newton, a black…

Maryland. Later in his life, he escaped to freedom in New York, and became a prominent leader/spokesperson of the abolitionist movement. Given his firsthand experience with slavery, Douglass provided an account of his earlier life in his narrative autobiography The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, through which he not only detailed the horrors of his life as a slave but also described the evolution of his decision to escape from the oppressive institution. In one…

that required that “separate rooms shall be provided for the pupils of African descent” than those of caucasian descent(United). These schools were undisputedly unequal in every way, shape, and form. As shown in Richard Wright’s Black Boy, an autobiography of a black man growing up in the Jim Crow South, schools for those of African American descent often employed unqualified teachers and corrupt administrators, and funding for these schools were miniscule compared to that of schools created for…

The conversation on the content regarding prisoner autobiographies has resulted in a growing body of literature. In recent years narratives have gained ascendance in psychology and sociology as well, such that they now occupy a vital role in theories of social life (Presser 2009). There have been studies done on this topic from philosophers such as Michele Foucault. The literature points to the positive effect that these prisoner autobiographies can be used to grasp a better understanding of the…

models, and other people like them. However, rarely you do have some individuals who actually inspired by the people that have come before us. I am talking about hundreds of years before us, like Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, Thomas Edison, and Abraham Lincoln. After reading The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass I found out that were very inspirational people of their time. In other words I like to call them pioneers of the new America. Douglass and…

Maya Angelou was an American poet who went through three wars, segregation and racial discrimination, yet she has come to be known for her amazing poetry. Her works have influenced generations of people to stand up for civil rights and paramountly themselves. She began writing in a the Civil Rights Movement in the modern period where she worked closely with the movement’s leaders. Most of her works are a written in a style that expresses the experiences of her life as a black woman in a…

classifications have proliferated dichotomous thinking and acting. In the aftermath of the civil war - a war that was fought over the binary institution that was slavery - James Weldon Johnson unravels the complexity of racial ideology in his 1912 novel The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man. Through character development and narrative style, Johnson’s novel challenges the traditional conceptions and assumptions of race. Upon reading the novel, initially, one might come to the conclusion that…

Reading Memoir “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” Said Dr. Seuss. Ever since I can remember, reading was a little fun for me. Reading is something required throughout life. For example, people read contracts. Contracts, recipes, and instructions. Career success requires reading. For example, a nurse scrutinize a patients chart daily. Over my life, the reading I have encountered has shaped my academic journey.…