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Malcolm X
1,776 wordsThe civil rights movement was a very grueling period in American history, this period promoted social and economic independence for blacks. In order to unite and to better spread the messages of the civil rights movement to other blacks throughout the country many black organizations choose leaders with powerful speaking skills to spread there messages. One of the most influential leaders of the civil rights movement was a young Muslim preacher by the name of Malcolm X. Malcolm Little was born o...
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Influence Of Malcolm X
1,340 wordsMalcolm X Being an African American in the United States during the civil rights movement was one of toughest times to live through. The African American felt as if they were treated as non-humans being sent to the United States as slaves, being deprived of their education, forced to live in separate segregated areas, and given the careers that were the lowest paying jobs. They also had no political rights or legal protection. After the North had fought for the African American population to gai...
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Blacks Malcolm
1,950 wordsMalcolm X Malcolm was born on May 19, 1925 in an Omaha hospital. He was born into a world of hatred and violence toward his kind, and from he was little, he knew that he would die in a similar manner. Malcolm's father who was a large black man was a Baptist Minister. Though he and his family on many occasions were threatened by members of the Black legion and the Ku Klux Klan, that if he did not stop starting preaching of Marcus Garvey, that they would kill him. Malcolm's father was not a scared...
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Malcolm X And Other Black Muslims
1,506 wordsThe Nation of Islam was founded during the Great Depression in Detroit, Michigan by a silk merchant named Wallace D. Fard. He began preaching to the black community that they didn't deserve to live in poverty, and that the white people exploited the people so much that Fard believed that this community needed their own state. Fard accumulated more than 8,000 followers who believed that Fard was actually god, in the form of man. Elijah Poole, later known as Elijah Muhammad, took over the Nation o...
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Nation Of Islam Malcolm X
915 words"The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Haley " We're not Americans. We " re Africans who happen to be in America. We were kidnapped and brought here against our will from Africa. We didn't land on Plymouth Rock -- that rock landed on us". (Lord, Thornton, and Bodipo-Memba, 1992) Words like those above would engrave Malcolm X into the minds of Americans from all racial backgrounds and socio-economic classes. Malcolm X was certainly not one to mince words. America would come to remember him as "...
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Malcolm X The Title X
609 wordsMalcolm X by Mack-Williams. The author of this book has an objective point of view. Malcolm Little was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was one of three children. He had two older brothers. At a young age of six his father Earl Little was ran over by a street car and died. Without Earl's support the family was in struggle. Malcolm's mother Louise Little was offered welfare from the state and neighbors but refused it all because of family pride. Eight years after his fathers death his ...
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Minister Malcolm X
1,015 wordsCallaghan 1 Kevin Callaghan Brother Jude Theology II-6 10 April, 2001 Malcolm X Malcolm Little was born on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Louise and Earl Little. Louise Little was a mulatto born in Grenada in the British West Indies and Earl Little, a six-foot, very dark skinned man from Reynolds, Georgia, was a Baptist minister and organizer for Marcus Garvey, who wanted that all Afro-Americans go back to the land of their ancestors, Africa. Because of the father's advocacy for Ga...
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Boston And Sophia Malcolm
1,913 wordsMalcolm X Malcolm's family was a victim of racism before he was even born. His father, Reverend Earl Little, had experienced the death of three of his brothers by white men and one by lynching. This caused Rev. Little to become a preacher of Marcus Garvey's pro-black and Back-to-Africa beliefs. Because of these beliefs, Malcolm's family was often a target of racist acts. Due to an incident by the Ku Klux Klan while Malcolm's mother was still pregnant with him they moved from Omaha to Milwaukee. ...
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Malcolm X And The Nation Of Islam
1,851 wordsThe book I chose to read this quarter was The Autobiography of Malcolm X. This is about the life of Malcolm X. It follows him from when he was a little kid to his death. The setting of this book is set in America. It covers over 40 years. Malcolm's childhood is in Lansing, Michigan. He moves to Boston to live with his aunt. Malcolm is imprisoned at the age of 20. After leaving prison he travels all over the U.S. The main characters in this book include: Malcolm X – The main character and h...
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