The Autobiography of Malcolm X

I Rise” is written towards the white oppressors as Maya shows her defiance in overcoming their oppression and speaking up for a change. Maya Angelou lived an eventful life that inspired the themes of many of her poems. Maya Angelou wrote six autobiographies and many poems throughout her life all inspired by life events. Angelou didn’t fall in love with reading and writing until she experienced her first obstacle in life that caused her to fall head first into the literary world.…

The year is 2012 and the blisters on the palms of my hands have become rock hard from years of manual labor. After a hard days work, I kick back and relax, and sit on the porch with my lips wrapped around the tip of a green Heineken bottle. I share laughs with my next-door neighbor, who also happens to be my best friend, while the speakers blast Nas 's "Represent." I 'm not really thinking of the future just yet, I 'm more indulged with the thoughts of females and the summer nights ahead of us,…

Is There a Perfect Way to Learn? In today’s society education is everything without it its tough to survive in this world. There is no perfect form of education every person is different, some learn better when someone’s talking aloud and some with presentations. Learning can sometimes be difficult but once you find the best learning strategies to benefit you it can change everything. Malack Mouhammad, author of the poem, the effects of Technology of Child Development, discusses how technology…

I don’t have a reading experience as a reader, because I don’t read a lot the only books I have read so far in a long time is Warriors Don’t Cry and the Autobiography of Malcolm X books that I had to read last semester for class. I haven’t listen to audiobooks because I didn’t have to but if needs be I would be more than happy to listen to audiobooks. I do feel that reading well was important to my success in…

The first importation of black slaves in 1619 inaugurated a period of white superiority in America that persisted for decades. Even in the earliest years of settlement in the New World, white Europeans enslaved and oppressed black Africans. A belief in equality for all races alike, in contrast to the previous white supremacist viewpoint, wouldn’t be introduced until the abolitionist efforts of the Civil War. It was not until thereafter that Africans would begin their road to acceptance in…

In the eyes of many, “America is another name for opportunity, [where] our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human race.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson). Throughout American history, we have made a slow progression towards complete equality and liberation for the wide array of people inhabiting the country itself. We aren’t infamously known as the “land of opportunity” for nothing; we are recognized for having the resources that have allowed some of the most…

this was my one true love in the law field. Since then, I have been researching into civil rights and human rights and reading books related to the field such as Ralph Abernathy’s, “And the Walls Came Tumbling Down,” Alex Haley’s book, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X,” and the most recent Bryan Stevenson’s “Just…

Maya Angelou was one of the most influential authors of her time. Through her autobiographies, she told a story of growing up as a black woman in a time of prominent racism and sexism. Angelou combined the worlds of activism and literature to stand up for what she believed in. She was the victim of abuse and was able to overcome the adversity. Because of the challenges she faced, she became an active advocate of civil rights. She was known for her outspokenness and her ability to make the…

thinks that the idea of pulling yourself up is the way to go. Marcus Garvey believed in the back to Africa movement and created a shipping company called Black Star Line, which transported followers who wanted to go back to Africa. In the Autobiography of Malcolm X in the book, Black Voices An Anthology of African-American Literature by Abraham Chapman, “He believed, as did, Marcus Garvey, that freedom independence and self-respect could never be achieved by the Negro in America, and that…

documents and understanding what each document is trying to convey. To investigate my question, I read books by experienced historians, such as Edward E. Curtis, and I analyzed quantitative and statistical history that I got from historical books, autobiographies and public addresses about my question. My sources included commentary and fact based analysis. This helped me with my investigation because I was able to compare the commentary with the facts to determine if my commentary source was…