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    A/ Plan of investigation This investigation will answer the question “To what extent did Martin Luther King’s and Malcolm X’s ideas converge during the last period of their lives?”. This is a significant question because it deals with two iconic figures of the Civil Rights Movement who have come to represent opposite approaches to emancipation. Thus, whether they had actually come closer in terms of their ideas may throw a whole different light on the way we tend to understand them. My investigation

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    Craig Sanders was not who you would call an honest man. He was born into poverty in the outskirts of Chicago and, at the age of six, saw his mother stabbed to death by his father. Soon after he found himself swaddled with attention by concerned strangers and neighbors. Churches started giving him more things than he had ever had in his life- New clothes, meals that weren’t PB&J sandwiches, and a TV with movies to watch. For Craig Sanders, witnessing his mother’s murder was the best thing that ever

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    2. w/o proofreading Since the law is constitutional, the courts will have to determine if Severus Jones words is protected or unprotected speech. In the protest Jones stated, “The police are god-damned Nazi Gestapo and are little more than goose-stepping storm-troopers, doing the bidding of their corporate overlords, keeping the hard-working lower classes down by beating them and killing them. We’ve got to do something to stop this flippin’ oppression!” As a result Jones was convicted for violating

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    Malcolm X used rhetorical devices in his speech “The Ballot or the Bullet” in order to motivate his audience, establish his position as a strong African American present to unite his followers as one, and show African Americans they have the right and power to take anything they desire from the oppressive white government. Malcolm X, formerly known as Malcolm Little, delivered the speech “The Ballot or the Bullet” in Cleveland, Ohio, in April of 1964 to a mostly African American audience. Malcolm

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    Today we’ll be looking over some surprising similarities with Julius Caesar and Malcom X, two leaders who quickly rose to power in their respective times. Even though from completely different ages, and a diverse difference in race and societies, both men still faced similar trials. Similar fates. Born in July 13th, 100 BC, Julius Caesar was born into the world. Early trials such as having to lead his family as the head at the age of 16 when his father died suddenly in 85 BC. He quickly rose to

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    In 1925 Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His father was a Baptist preacher that spread Marcus Garvey's ideas of black nationalists. His father got many threats from the KKK that influenced his family to move to Lansing, Michigan. These threats continued after they moved, but they did not stop Malcolm's father from preaching. Members of the Black Legion brutally beat and killed Malcolm's father in 1931. The police of the town never prosecuted the men held guilty for this crime. Malcolm

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    In the twentieth century, the world has become so corrupted with racial discrimination that people have become accustomed to solely interact with people of their own race. This complication is predominantly found in schools and has become increasingly problematic. About one-third of all schools in New York has a population that is dominated by a single race, usually African American or white. Academic studies show that segregation in school has diminished academic performance and failed to equip

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    African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska., at the age of 20, Malcolm started his street career in Boston as a pimp, drug dealer and gambler. In 1946 he was arrested for burglary and sent to prison. In prison he began  reading everything he can get a hold of , Malcolm read the teachings of Ilisha Mohamed and the nation of Islam. He later dropped his slave name “Little” and chose “X” to represent his lost tribal name. By the time

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    In the film Malcolm X, his interpretation of “submission to the will of God” is shown in different ways, after he converts to Sunni Islam. Malcolm develops the idea of being a Muslim and comes to contact with Elijah Muhammad which he submits under. Later in the film, we see Malcolm's quest to complete a “hajj” and how it has opened his mind to worship Allah under his idea. During the film, Malcolm originally refuses Baine’s teaching of becoming a Black Muslim, but later starts to develop and support

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    Between the dates May 19, 1925 to February 21, 1965 Malcolm was able to play these different roles such as a minister, human rights activists, and a prominent black nationalist leader who played as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam during the 1950s and the 1960s. When he was set free from prison Nation of Islam members increased 400 members in 1952 to 40,000 members by 1960. When Malcolm was still a kid, his dad was slain from the Klan- like Black Legionaries. They say he committed suicide from

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