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Bogale 1 Edom Bogale Research Paper Final Draft Mr. Mullen 6 - 7 - 12 MALCOLM X; EL-HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZ Malcolm X was a young African American who was a militant leader of black independence against white supremacist America. Malcolm was born in Omaha, Nebraska in a small house that he shared with his six other siblings and two parents. Throughout his life he changes from

1950’s and 60’s, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. were two well-known activists. Both men fought for civil rights, but both had two opposing opinions on how it should be achieved. Malcolm X took the more forceful, violent route while King thought civil rights should be attained in a peaceful way. Even though King is more widely remembered, both Malcolm X and King’s impact during their time has shown up in today’s world. Born on May 19th, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm X had been subjected to

No. 11 in Boston. Due largely to his efforts, the Nation of Islam grew from a mere 400 members at the time he was released from prison in 1952 to 40,000 members by 1960. Articulate, passionate and a naturally gifted and inspirational orator, Malcolm X exhorted blacks to cast off the shackles of racism "by any means necessary," including violence. After that he took a trip through Africa and the Middle East. Where he learned became more spiritual and gained more views politically. This lead Malcolm

The Pan-African movement as described in Lemelle’s Pan-Africanism for Beginners is "a set of ideas and ideologies containing social and cultural, political and economic, material and spiritual aspects." Each aspect is accompanied by a plethora of historical figures and terms unique to the movement, well described throughout the text and in the presented glossary. This book makes it easy to understand all the information accompanying each topic. While it does have its strengths and weaknesses, this

movement progressed in the 1960's, Martin Luther King Jr. was already appealing to people's hearts. Fighting against racism in America, he believed that the only way to achieve long lasting results was through peace and non-violence. However, Malcolm X had different values. He believed that to accomplish his goals, he needed to do whatever it took to achieve them. Although they both have very impactful marks on the world, Martin Luther King Jr. stance on racism was much superior to Malcolm X's. Peace

procedures in the breast cancer field. Its enhancements through the years, together with higher resolution, faster, lower-dose screen-film combinations, have contributed to earlier cancer detection in women. Dr. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered x-rays while working with a Crookes tube in his laboratory on November 8, 1895. Eighteen years later mammography got its rudimentary

Joey Hall P6 4/16/13 Paper 2 What does America mean to you? To most people this question would evoke joyful feelings of patriotism. Most people you would think of freedom, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the belief that in this great nation, people are treated with the thought in mind that all men are created equal. However, until very recently in this country this was not the case. African Americans in this country were the subject of vicious, hateful, racial discrimination

civil-rights activists Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., and Medgar Evers. To begin, I had no idea about James Baldwin’s relationship with Malcolm X and Medgar Evers, so I appreciated the way this film gave me insight into that. Well, the only reason I know who Medgar Evers is was because he was assassinated in the driveway of his home in Jackson, Mississippi—the city where my mom was born and where she and her family currently live. I also grew up learning about Malcolm X in relation to Martin Luther

The author uses pathos and logos in the autobiography of Malcom X to tell us that he fought throughout his life and preceding the events that occurred which made him a strong African American leader in history up till date. Everything being talked about Malcolm’s storyline has to do with race, knowledge, prejudice and transformation. It will be noticed if critically examined that common arguments made all through the book are how blacks were maltreated making them inferior to white folks. It all

The Black Arts Era has been one of the most important times in African American literature. It was the largest cultural upsurge in African American history. It evoked the black community to promote African American values rather than White society’s. Black artist and Social activist like Amir Baraka and Malcolm X created bodies of work that emphasized black culture. Amir Baraka was the main architect and the propelling force to the Black Arts Movement (Gates, Jr., Henry Louis; Smith, Valerie). In