Upon first glance, one might not see the slight connection between Malcolm X and James Brown. One is an African American Muslim minister, the other is an African American entertainer. While on the surface there is nothing connecting these two men together, I believe there are two distinct similarities that bond these two great men together. First, both men advocated for better treatment and opportunities for African Americans and second, both men commanded the attention of the disenfranchised African American community. Yet, while both Malcolm X and James Brown wanted Black unity, Black pride, and both had a great following, they both had different ideas of how to make the aspiration of true Black unity a reality.
The ramifications of these movements, old and new, have been lasting and unyielding. The methodical emasculation of African American males in this country has had far reaching effects and has sadly proven to impact the relationships between Black men and Black women, Black men and Black youth, and Black men and other Black men. One cannot hope to remedy the aforementioned relationships without first acknowledging the actions which propagated them. To say the effects of Black emasculation are irreversible is outlandish. The mere presence of Black men today is a testament to the fortitude and internal strength of the African American male.
As African Americans we should know the history of the civil War and what he has really done for us. Abraham Lincoln is a great part of our history because without his leadership and his belief of how slavery was wrong a lot of the equal rights we have now wouldn’t be
All black everything is not the way to go, both black and white is what should show. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. are the two most well known Civil Rights leaders in America from the 1960’s, but they both had different views of solving the racial problems in America. Malcolm X’s philosophy was to keep segregation, but have a mutual respect between blacks and whites. He also believed in violence if necessary, and seemed to be a radical “Black Power” activist. Martin Luther King Jr. on the other hand took after the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi, and believed in nonviolence and boycotting.
Zack Ketchum Professor Rodgers Essay #2 27 November 2013 “Upbringing as a factor of King and Malcom X’s Political Ideologies” Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are two of the most well-known American civil rights activists of the 1960’s. Though different, their methods of protest were very important, as both men fought for the end of second-class-citizen treatment of African Americans. Often times, their methods are considered opposites - while King frequently endorsed peaceful methods such as harmless protests and speeches, Malcolm X employed violence in order to demonstrate his discontent and desire for change of the status quo. The issue that arises when one looks to compare the two men and their methods, then, is who was better?
THE CONTROVERSY OF MALCOLM X Ever since he first appeared as a spokesperson for the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X has raised many controversies. His revolutionary speeches influenced many disadvantaged black people. However, he was also severely criticized for his demands for total separation between blacks and whites in America. In his speeches, he often referred to the whites as the "devils". In his view, the white race in general was guilty for the suppression and sufferings of the black race.
The film tells of Malcolm X’s transformation from an adulterer, drug addict and criminal to an Islamic preacher, civil rights activist and leader for the Afro-American community. Lee, as a renowned political and social commentator, extends beyond the historical image of Malcolm X to represent the controversy of his actions and words through the conflicting perspectives in the film. The opening credits introduce a multitude of issues surrounding Malcolm X. Lines from one of his speeches, “I charge the white man with being the greatest murderer on Earth. I charge the white man with being the greatest kidnapper on Earth”, overlap an image of the American flag which is interrupted by a video of police brutally attacking a Negro, then American flag begins to burn into the shape of an X.
Martin Luther King Martin Luther King was seen as the most influential and significant leader in American history. He played a significant role in the development of America becoming a more tolerant nation, however, his success and influence in believed, by some groups to be nothing but an exaggeration of the truth, although he did help America become the nation that it is today, some believe that it was nothing but a political scam. Martin Luther king was an African-American born in Atlanta in 1929. In Atlanta, African-Americans were singled out and forced into isolation. He was an educated boy who suffered many hardships because of his race and felt as if it was his duty to make a change in society.
Malcolm's image in the press was first created as Malcolm X, a leader of the Black Muslims, and it was Malcolm's speaking that brought a lot of attention to the group. Terms related to the Black Muslims were almost synonymous with Malcolm X because of his powerful role in the organization and because of the strong beliefs linked specifically with both Malcolm and the Black Muslims. Black Muslims, and thus Malcolm X, were characterized as extremists within the media. The media created this image with the terms used to describe Malcolm X and Black Muslims which are anti-Christian, anti-white, protester, black supremacy, bitter, confrontation, enemy, extremist, hate, sect, threat, and trouble. These terms appeared frequently and with high intensity, shaping a negative image of Malcolm X in the media.
Malcolm X preached Black supremacy and Black Nationalism. Propaganda was used all throughout Malcolm X’s fight for Civil Rights during the 1950’s and 1960’s, Propaganda in the form of utilising speeches and having the ability to persuade people through these speeches, With this great ability he was able to gain mass following and become very popular and power full within the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X was a member of the NOI until 1962, when, allegedly, following a fallout with Muslim leader Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X formed his own organization, the black nationalist Organization for Afro-American Unity. He said he had formed the new organization because there were many African American people who were not religiously inclined to accept the Muslim faith, but were interested in active participation in the political, economic and social program of the black nationalists. (BLACK NATIONALISM An all-Negro Nation is one of the principal goals by Gary Allen, 1967)With preaching to his followers of a new way of life by living without the White Americans temptations, these temptations were put in place to get the African Americans to become out of order and become divided with this happening the White Americans would be able to sneak their was in a diminish the want for the