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    Malcolm X speech God’s Judgement of White America (The Chickens Come Home to Roost) was spoke on December 4, 1963. Malcolm X was an advocate for the complete separation of black and white Americans. Malcolm X uses both pathos and ethos to convince audience members to support Black Nationalism; specifically, he applies these rhetorical appeals when discussing freedom from oppression and equality of people. Malcolm X uses pathos to get followers for his cause of Black Nationalism by evoking fear of

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    Jr. and Malcolm X approached the Civil Rights Movement using different methods. Their speeches reflect the disposition of their tactics. In his speech, “I Have a Dream,” Martin Luther King, Jr. focuses on applying his non-violent philosophy. On the contrary, Malcolm X projects himself in an aggressive tone reflecting the attitudes of Black Nationalists in “Ballot or the Bullet.” These speakers demonstrate their objectives and tone through their use of diction and syntax. King and Malcolm X use similar

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    about a man named Malcolm X. He was born in Nebraska and grew up in a foster home, Malcolm Little had a tough life as a young boy and got involved in crime. He went to jail for 10 years when he was 20 years old old and during that time he converted to the Muslim faith. The leader of the faith told Malcolm to drop his last name, which his ancestors inherited from a slave owner and replace it with the letter X which symbolized that his true African name had been lost. As Malcolm X, he was an influential

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    Malcolm X was an African American protester. He argued that African Americans would never achieve equality in a society that was dominated by whites. Because of this belief, Malcolm encouraged blacks to “fight back”. He believed they should fight back in an armed revolution or at least to do so when being attacked. Malcolm believed that the African Americans should form a new society of ‘their own’ rather than trying to combine with the dominant white society. While he advised violence, he also spoke

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    The Differing Methods And Aims Of Malcolm X And Martin Luther King The methods of Malcolm X and martin Luther King were very different but they shared the same basic aim, to improve the lives of black Americans. Possibly these differences in both aims and methods comes from the differences in the way they were raised, Malcolm X was born Marcus Little in Omah, Nebr. Malcolm X's father was a follower of Marcus Garvey (Garvey believed that Black Americans should go back to

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    civil rights activist; Malcolm X. Malcolm X or Malcolm Little was a huge key factor in the civil right movements in the late 1950s-1960s. He spoke against the injustice of the government, because of this many viewed his actions as too brash or extreme. Many viewed him as a righteous man who only had his set on equality and a righteous future for African American. Malcolm gained these views during his time in prison, it was in here that he joined a group called

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    Malcolm X uses forms of persuasion like pathos and logos to develop his argument that black nationalism is the best and only option they have. He uses pathos to sympathize with his people and claims that this is the current situation for all of them, and this is what they need to do to resolve it. He shows this when he states “until we become politically mature, we will always be misled, led astray or deceived…”(X,p4) this text really is there to serve the purpose of showing that malcolm X was all

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    Malcolm X was one of the most important figures in the Civil Rights Movement. Not only was he an advocate for Civil Rights, but he was also an advocate for human rights. He was someone who you could look up to, someone who looked at the whole picture rather than just refraining to a small section of it. He put others before himself, trying to better the world by motivating others to fight for what they deserve as a human being. He not only did that but also preached the importance of knowledge and

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    A prison sentence gave Malcolm X a better education than the average college student. Such a claim challenges the individual to rethink the value of college education. You may be wondering, how is it that I am paying 50 some thousand dollars to receive an education, when I could have committed a crime and potentially learned relatively more? While I recognize the hyperbolic nature of this question, it illustrates the idea that intrinsic motivation is imperative if you want to obtain valuable knowledge

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    King and Malcolm X are often compared even though they had very different childhoods. Malcolm X grew up in a poor environment and had a very rough childhood. Malcolm was smart but dropped out of school and got involved in many illegal activities until he was arrested. In prison, he learned of the teachings of the Nation of Islam and Black Nationalism and converted. Martin Luther King grew up with a middle class family surrounded by the love of his family. He was a smart child like Malcolm and enrolled

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