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How Did Malcolm X Affect The Civil Right Movement

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Malcolm X and the Black Panthers both the profoundly affected the goals of the civil right movement. Malcolm X was born on May 19th, 1925 in Omaha Nebraska. Earl Little, (Malcolm’s father) was an outspoken Baptist minister and an avid supporter of the Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Malcom graduated at the top of his class however when a teacher told him that his dream of becoming a lawyer was “no realistic goal for a nigger” (Genius, 2016), these words greatly impacted him and caused him to leave school. Malcom’s journey that caused him to affect the civil right movement were motivated by his unprivileged past, as he had been involved in various crimes and directed by misleading guidance, none the less moulding him into an influential figure. Similarly, in October 1966, in Oakland California, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The Panthers practiced militant self-defense of minority communities against the U.S government, and fought to establish revolutionary socialism through mass organizing and community based programs. The party was on the first organizations un U.S history to militantly struggle for ethnic minority and work class emancipation. Both of Malcolm X and the Black Panthers had goals to change the way African-Americans were treated throughout America.
Malcolm X was a black political speaker, activist and Muslim minister. He had a dark past, which affected and helped him in changing the way many African

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