After performing Hajj, which all able-bodied Muslim must do, Malcolm X took a tour of Africa for a few weeks before coming back to America. Everywhere he went people loved him because he fighting for Black rights. That or they liked him because they thought he was Muhammad Ali when he was actually trying to explain that he was Muhammad Ali’s friend (Muhammad Ali was a celebrity of the Muslim
In this speech, Martin Luther King Jr. is the speaker. He is significant because he was one of the few to make a stand and a difference for blacks. He addressed his brothers and sisters (other Africans) in his speech to make the greatest demonstration for freedom the world has ever known. Who he is addressing affects the way his speech is written because
Malcolm's presence showed by way of when he used newspapers, radio, and television so as to bring awareness to the NOI and convey their point to the public; and between 1952 and 1963 affiliation enlarged from 500 to 30,000 (Harris, 2000). In 1959 Malcolm was highlighted in a week long televised series called "The Hate That Hate
As peaceful protests would turn into massacres, violent clashes amongst the two groups were beginning to resemble a civil war. Nelson Mandela was released from his 26-year prison sentence, for heading the violent protest group “Spear of the Nation”, as a recreated man. Being a symbol of the nation he united those who were restless of the burdening conflict that South Africa had subjected itself to. Although beginning with mainly black support, his humanitarian message reached many open ears in the white population. Those who felt the conflict was detrimental to their freedom united and supported Mandela.
Christopher Young Mrs. Amanda Sauermann ENG 102 27 January 2015 Malcolm X Literacy Behind Bars Malcolm X was a prominent black leader who fought for African American rights. Malcolm X was born in 1925 and replaced his last name with X because he thought that it was a slave name. Before he was killed in 1965 by political rivals, he became the founder of the Muslim Mosque Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. In Malcolm X’s autobiography he writes that most people would think he had an education that far exceeded middle school because of the way he spoke. He gives all the credit for this to his time in prison.
Attica Prison Riot The maximum security prison, Attica Correctional facility, is located in a small town in between Buffalo and Rochester in New York. Attica was surrounded by a 30-foot wall, 2 feet thick, with fourteen gun towers Prisoners spent fourteen to sixteen hours a day in their cells, their mail was read, their reading material restricted, their visits from families conducted through a mesh screen, their medical care disgraceful, their parole system inequitable, racism everywhere. It all started on September 9th 1971 when over thirteen hundred prisoners took over the prison, holding forty guards hostage. Prisoners rebelled for many various reasons. Some of the different reasons that the prisoners went crazy were because living and sleeping conditions became intolerable, social and cultural movements outside prisons encouraged the rebelling.
Jewell A. Moon ENG 1101-325 Professor Felicia J. Monroe 16 March 2015 Literacy Behind Bars Malcolm X will always have a long impression on many people when they read about something he have said or wrote or seen on television from prison studies. This short story is about Malcolm X best know, as a militant Black Nationalist leader who advocates for Pan- Africanism Malcolm X is a movement that aims to unite all people of African descent. Malcolm X was replacing the name little with the leader X because he felt little was a slave name. The X stands for his lost African tribal name.
Of course, members of the Party rapidly caught on to the Police’s ideals. As a result of this, by the end of 1972 at least four African Americans were killed. H. Rap Brown, who iscurrently serving life in prison, was a prominent Black Panther Party member. He murdered aGeorgian’s Sheriff Deputy and wounded another officer, both sheriff and officer being of AfricanAmerican decent. Police harassment and internal problems took a massive toll on the Black Panthers and it indeed restrained them from achieving their goals.At this point the Black Panther Party was at a critical stage having lost four importantmembers within three years of the party’s lifetime.
Martin had an enormous effect in social America. He led a massive protest in Birmingham, Alabama that was noticed world wide. In 1963, Dr. King directed a peaceful march in Washington D.C. when he delivered the speech, “I have a dream…” He was also named Man of the Year by Time Magazine in 1963. Martin led a social reform movement for civil rights that unified the middle class African-Americans. At age thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr. was the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.
A great man, Malcolm X became a champion of African American Separatism and black pride. More than 200,000 people march in Washington, D.C. That’s where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I had a dream” speech. That was the biggest Civil Rights demonstration ever. The student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), CORE, NAACP, and other organizations created a blacks voting registration drive in Mississippi. The 5th Amendment states, “The right to vote could not be denied by the U.S. or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” (Rosa Parks, P.45) The KKK has been sabotaging the amendment by murdering hundreds of African Americans for voting, running for office, or just taking leading roles in their communities.