1960s. During this time in the United States, African Americans experienced and were treated unfairly because of their race. Malcolm X’s father was killed by white supremacists. When Malcolm X was in junior high school, his white teacher told him that he could not be a lawyer and should be more “realistic” and be a carpenter. After eighth grade, Malcolm continued a life of crime. He was eventually was convicted of crime and sent to prison for 7 years where he educated himself and converted to a Muslim group called the Nation of Islam. He fought injustice by trying to get African-Americans to have their own black nation. Malcolm X was a minister at temple NO.7 in Harlem, NY where he talked to his people about racism and self defense. He had different feelings on fight in back for freedom, then having non violence like king was doing, he felt that we needed to fight back by any means necessary including violence. Malcolm X gained many followers and the nation of Islam gained about 40,000 members by the 1960’s. Malcolm was ready to die for what he fought for, he wanted his people to have their rights. …show more content…
For the artwork portion I want to make a picket sign like they did in the civil rights movement. I will use a fist to symbolize fighting for freedom and to stand strong as a nation. I would like to add things he is known for. I will also add an X with glasses in front to remember Malcolm X and let people know he fought for the civil rights of his people.That is how I will memorialize Malcolm X and make sure that others know about him as
He preached a lot about black superiority, unlike Martin Luther King Jr who wanted to have a peaceful protest on the other hand Malcolm acknowledge that we should use force if necessary to protect themselves. His faith was challenged when he found out that Elijah Muhammad had seduced several women while in Islam four of them having his children. In 1964 Malcolm renounced Elijah an left the nation of Islam. He founded a
History, online.infobase.com/Auth/Index?aid=15110&itemid=WE52&articleId=202565. Accessed 6 May 2018. Neil Hamilton?s book about ,as the title of the book suggests, American Social Leaders and Activists provides an insight into Malcolm?s early life and in his later years how he became a criminal. He also describes the conversion of Malcolm to the nation of Islam and his rise as one of the major activists in the Civil Rights Movement up until his death when he was making a speech. While talking about the life of Malcolm X Hamilton consistently relates his
Malcolm X was an activist and powerful voice of the Black Muslim faith and the Civil Rights Movement. He believed in black separatism, a philosophy that urges Black Americans to cut political, social and economic ties with the white community (X, 1). Unlike Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X did not want African-Americans to cooperate or interact with Caucasians. He strongly believed that violence was the way to defend his people against the Caucasian oppressors. He presents radical ideas, which are influenced by his experience as he faced racial discrimination.
He was helping without hurting. He was joining up with MLK Jr. to influence more people. Malcolm now shared the same ideology as MLK. He wanted a peaceful
He quickly rose through the ranks and became one of the group's most prominent spokespeople, traveling the country to give speeches and engage in debates with other civil rights leaders. Malcolm X's speeches were characterized by his charismatic delivery and his unapologetic condemnation of white America's history of oppression and violence against African Americans. He advocated for black self-defense and self-sufficiency, and he was a vocal critic of the nonviolent approach of other civil rights leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In 1964, Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam and made a pilgrimage to Mecca, where he had a spiritual awakening and began to reconsider his views on race and religion. Upon his return to the United States, he founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity and continued to speak out against racial injustice and oppression.
While King’s non-aggressive civil rights movement was extremely structured and led by organized protests, Malcolm X’s aggressive civil rights movement was less formally organized but many participants were influenced by his strong rhetoric. Malcolm X believed that his goals should be accomplished by any means possible, even if it meant that African-Americans needed to employ aggressive tactics in order to protect themselves. Malcolm X, who converted to the Nation of Islam while in prison during the late 1940s, worked with the nation’s leader Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm X’s conversion was one of the main things that differentiated him from Martin Luther King; while King preached Christian messages, often involving peace and love, Malcolm X preached Islamic messages, often involving justice and respect. Malcolm X believed that African-Americans were never going to get what they wanted by working with white society; he believed that African-Americans had to work alone.
but when he got in jail, he joined the nation of Islam and changed his name to Malcolm X. Also at first, believe it or not he was originally opposed to the civil Rights Movement, but when he met Mr.King he changed his mind and left the nation of Islam. Then, started his own organization unfortunately, he was assassinated 1965.
King believed in “peace, no violence, and unity between all” (www.biography.com). In contrast, Malcolm X was all for violence. Malcolm X was born into a Muslim household. He relied heavily on his faith and was extremely influential towards pushing others to join the Islamic community. During his journey Malcolm X even “grew the Islamic population in America from 4,000 to 40,000 members by 1960” (www.biography.com), proving his dedication to the Muslim faith.
“Sitting at the table doesn’t make you a diner. You must be eating some of what’s on that plate. Being here in America doesn’t make you an American. Being born here in America doesn’t make you an American” (Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements) Malcolm X is recognized as one of the most influential speakers of the civil rights movement.
Though he is still seen as a controversial figure, I believe that Malcolm X was one of the most compassionate figures in history. He once said, “I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.” I really admire how he fought for what he believed in. Initially, I learned about Malcolm X in my AP English Language class, but I was reintroduced to his influence on the modern day black society in my college history class. Prior to being reintroduced to his philosophy in my college history class, I thought that X was a violent, racist man.
Malcolm X was an American Muslim leader who contributed to the Civil Rights Movement by spreading his ideas of black nationalism in the 1950s and early ’60s. He was an influential figure in a black Islamic organization, Nation of Islam, and served as a spokesperson for the organization. He was assassinated on February 21, 1965 while making a speech in Harlem. After his death, his life story was made well-known through his autobiography, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1965) (Mamiya 1). Malcolm X is a man whose background and activism contributed to the Civil Rights Movement and America as a whole.
Epilogue Malcolm x, a muslim scholar who dedicated his life to finding peace between blacks and whites. Malcolm x being a black muslim, hated the terms slave, nigger, and white America. Malcolm x devoted his life to contributing to the nation of Islam, but he also showed the blacks another side. The followers of Martin Luther King were taught to be non-violent and allow themselves to get beaten up by police and other whites, Malcolm x told his followers to defend themselves if anyone was to attack them. A few years before Malcolm x was assassinated he met someone named Alex Haley, a black reporter.
Thesis: In “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, Malcolm X in his telling of his life to Alex Haley uncovers the theme of positive and negative environments unearthed by the interaction of African Americans and White Americans in his life and what those kinds of environments inherently produce. Annotated Bibliography Nelson, Emmanuel S. Ethnic American Literature: an Encyclopedia for Students. Greenwood, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2015.This encyclopedia points out that the negative interaction he held with the white man as a young hustler was countered by these same experiences pushing Malcolm X to reclaim his “African identity”. This shows, as described by the cited work, what a man pushed by his negative interactions with the oppressive white men is willing to do to find his identity (i.e. through hustling).
Malcolm X didn’t agree with what King’s views, he believed that MLK’s dream was not a dream but a nightmare. Martin Luther King Jr’s approach to civil rights and equality was non-violent protesting, sit-ins, and getting as much people together as possible while not using violence. However, Malcolm X’s approach to this was almost the opposite. He was against the views of whites and he was willing to do whatever was needed to achieve
People gravitated towards Mr. King more due to the fact that he promoted a movement without the idea of fear. He told the protesters not to lower themselves to start committing acts of violence. He then started talking about a “dream” which gave the listeners of the speech an idea of peacefulness and tranquility. Malcolm on the other hand promoted the idea of God taking wrath upon the “White America” which would have scared many people. Martin Luther King Jr. promised peace while Malcolm X promised the wrath of God upon anybody that wasn’t Islam which was most of the population of the United States.