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Malcolm X Research Paper

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“Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind” (Orwell, George). Politics has been practiced since the beginning of humanity, it has been crucial to decide who rules, who makes the rules, and what rights do people possess. Over time people have been divided either due to their beliefs or their desires, with each group striving to have more power and control in a governed society. People have sought many ways to get what they want, they have protested, debated, schemed and worst of all, murdered. Man has proven that he is willing to do the worst crime against humanity in order to achieve his goals, and not just that, but to justify to his conscience and …show more content…

King, was the great Malcolm X who advocated more violent means rather than peaceful ones to get fast results. He started his political career after becoming an influential member of the Nation of Islam, being the talented orator he was, he managed to attract many young people to the movement, and easily attracted the media, until he became second in command after Elijah Muhammad. X then started to see through the many faults of the organization and its leaders and decided to quit and form his own movement which was called the Muslim Mosque Inc. and after having preformed hajj (pilgrimage) in Mecca, Malcolm returned a changed man after witnessing all people of different color praying together in unity. His beliefs were changed from “fight fire with fire” to a more peaceful and negotiable solutions towards the end of segregation alike those of Martin L. King. However, before X managed to set in motion any of his peaceful plans towards equality, he was shot to death by four members of the Nation of Islam on February 24th, 1965, three years before King’s …show more content…

Even though, Lincoln knew that the issue of slavery would split the country in two, he still advocated a nation free of slaves. During the Civil War, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation which abolished slavery in the South, and eventually outlawed slavery in the whole country. When the war ended with a Union victory, it was evident that the U.S. was heading towards a major change, but Lincoln’s plans to unite the states and provide services for the freedmen were soon gone with Lincoln’s assassination right after winning his reelection by the hands of a confederate actor during a play he attended on April 14th,

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