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Malcom X And The Civil Rights Of Malcolm X

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By definition, civil rights are the rights of citizens to political and social equality. To simplify that, civil rights are rights that every person should have, no matter what race, color, ethnicity, etc. Some people believed so strongly that everyone should have civil rights, they were willing to risk their own lives for it. People such as Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Hazel Massery, and many others. One of the many civil rights activists was Malcolm Little, who later changed his name to Malcolm X. Malcolm X was one of the activists who fought back violently. All of these civil rights activists wanted generally the same thing. “Dr. King wants the same thing I want. Freedom” --Malcolm X. Many of them used words, and peaceful protests, many of which were led by Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X strongly believed that peace would never solve anything, so he decided to use violence to get his way.
Malcolm X was one of the many activists in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Malcolm X, born Malcolm …show more content…

He achieved a high ranking with the Nation of Islam and became a very important part of it. Elijah Muhammad and him created a good bond and he took part in gaining civil rights for African Americans. On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X got assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam. Before his assassination, he had received many death threats by African American Muslims, and on February 14, a week before he got shot, his house was set ablaze, presumably by the same group of people that shot him. Malcolm X is one of the many great leaders that participated in the long and difficult struggle for civil rights. Even today, many of those people are remembered, and thanked, whether they are still alive or not. The struggle that all of these people overcame was very difficult, and everyone might not be equal without those

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