Malcolm X Rhetoric

An African- American civil rights leader, Malcolm X was a speaker for the Black Nationalism (Black Muslim). Malcolm X believed in separate nation for blacks. Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha Nebraska. At the age of six his father died.

The Autobiography of Malcolm “X” Student’s name: Instructor’s Name: Class: Institutional Affiliation: Date: The Autobiography of Malcolm X as articulated by Alex Haley is a book based on the life story of Malcom X and his preaching on racism and segregation in the American society. Malcolm X was an anti-integrationist Muslim leader whose life story revolutionized America. In the book, Malcolm tells his life experiences as a black American to Alex Haley, a veteran writer and journalist. The autobiography recounts the life of Malcom X from a childhood plagued by racism to adult life as a drug dealer, prisoner, and a Muslim leader.

Social Activists Influential Techniques Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream," and Malcom X's "The Black Revolution," were both influential speeches during the civil rights movement. There are aspects and characteristics of the two speeches that distinguish them from others, make them especially moving. The writers use powerful diction, tone, literary devices, and appeal to emotional, ethical, and logical beliefs. The diction, phrases, and words used in King's "I Have a Dream" speech, appeal to the emotional aspect of the audience.

In today's society us individuals tend to suffer from the past because we are scared or worried to step into the future. Individuals are frightened for what is going to come they think they are not ready for  obstacles or challenges that  they will face, they have to be motivated or pushed by someone in order for them to get going they need a boost. People who are self educated or even self enlightened should not just do it for themself they should benefit from it and also other people,the people that need that little boost the ones that need someone to help motivate them to start moving on to the future rather than being stuck in the past and in their old lives. People that can not self motivate themselves need help from people that have been self enlightened.  

The portrayal of black men, throughout history, has produced numerous negative stereotypes that hide the true agendas of black leaders. As Stephen Tuck exclaimed, in The Night Malcolm X Spoke at the Oxford Union, black leaders were often shown as extremist instead of leaders who wanted to bring about change for their oppressed communities. Malcom X’s speech and the material discussed in the work created by Tuck, show how Malcolm used diction, rhetoric and ethos to express the issue of the portrayal of blacks throughout media to create a false sense of character for black leaders and intellectuals. Malcolm X’s diction, style of speaking and writing, helps to create a sense of the realities that go in America.

Malcolm X was an African American man who joined the nation to islam. He was a symbol of the blacks. In his life he experienced difficult childhood and was in prison for six years. After he was transformed, he began to educate himself and was an active with the debate society. That is when he joined the nation of Islam .

Malcolm X was a preacher of the religion Islam. In his teenage years, Malcolm was in prison. After prison, he changed his life and began preaching Islam. There was jealousy over how popular Malcolm X was becoming with followers of the Nation of Islam. Malcolm soon left the Nation of Islam and became an advocate for the overthrow of oppressive laws.

“Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you’re a man,you take it. ”(BrainQuotes.com) Malcolm X also known previously as Malcolm Little was exposed to much violence when he was younger.

David Remnick wrote, “A poll showed that eighty- four percent of African- Americans between the ages of fifteen and twenty- four saw Malcolm as ‘A hero for black Americans today.’ The video for public enemy “Shut ‘ Em Down” put Malcolm’s face on the dollar bill. A vivid, but secondary figure in his own lifetime, Malcolm X had achieved the status of an icon”(Remnick). Malcolm X was loved by the black community and though to be a hero among African Americans during the 1960’s so the people honored him in the movie “Public Enemy”. Malcolm X achieved his status within the community by advocating black pride and trying to end black suppression.

Malcolm X was an influential African-American leader he also rose to prominence in the mid-1950s. Malcolm opposed the mainstream civil rights movement, publicly calling for black separatism and rejecting nonviolence and integration into combatting racism by. However, Malcolm has combatted many obstacles during his lifetime. Some examples on how Malcolm combatted racism was… (insert evidence here)