In this quote Malcolm X expresses how he was aware of why the American Revolution was fought. In addition, going more into the speech The Ballot or the Bullet we see his connection that we makes with referring to the Civil Rights Movement and the bloody American Revolution. He says that no Revolution will ever be nonbloody or nonviolent. My connection here is both Malcolm X and the American Revolution believed in the concept that violence had to be used in order to obtain what they were fighting for. In this case Malcolm X wanted to fight to end the segregation him and his community were experiencing.
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.
The most important issues during this time was the lack of independence and success within the black community. His believes was to stay together as one black community and defended to each other against anyone. Malcolm X was appointed as a national and minister of the Nation of Islam. The orders from
fought for different causes, they all had a similar theme; their people were treated unjustly. Martin Luther King Jr. saw colored people in southern parts of America being prosecuted on the basis of their color. MLK Jr. devoted his entire life to the equality of blacks, on the premise that “all men are created equal”. Mahatma Gandhi saw Indians being prosecuted on basis of their race. These pacifists knew that the only way to stop their prosecutors is by standing up to them.
“ We come here today to dramatize a shameful condition” we see here he is reaching out not only the black community, but giving the rest of the community a conscience for the “bad check”, the empty promises that have been made and to having insufficient funds. In“The ballot or the bullet” speech in its name alone it shows determination. Malcolm X’s delivery of the speech shows you something very different from Dr.King’ s speech. He does not care for those he calls “ the enemy” he explains. The strategy of the white man has always been divide and conquer.
“ I am convinced that if we succumb to the temptation to use violence in our struggle to freedom, unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness , and our chief legacy to them will be a never ending reign of chaos” this quote was significantly stated by Martin Luther King. Racial segregation and discrimination were facts of life for most African Americans in the southern states of the USA. However, from the mid-1950s, a civil rights movement developed that challenged this equality using different effective non - violent strategies to persuade the government to create a legitimate response to the discrimination and cruelty encountered by the African Americans. These strategies included boycotts and sit
Malcolm X advocated frequently for blacks who were unjustly treated by legal and social authority. He showed people that black people could be articulate, and highly intellectual. He advocated for black men to rise up and give the same reaction they received from the white power structure and not accept the status quo of racism and discrimination. It is because of Malcolm's views of social justice and revolutionary actions, that gave rise to the most influential and revolutionary groups in America today. People just could not believe how someone could take the life of someone of such great
It involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard, who fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others. Some of the students who were shot had been protesting against the American invasion of Cambodia, which President Richard Nixon announced on television April 30, 1970. Other students who were shot had just been walking nearby or observing the protest from a distance. There was an emotional national response to the shootings. For example, hundreds of universities, colleges, and high schools closed throughout the United States due to a student strike of four million students.
MLK was the leader of the boycott that had started against the Montgomery buses. The bus strike lasted 381 days, into December 1956 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the segregation law was unconstitutional and the Montgomery buses were integrated. MLK made a change, after that change he fought for equality through non violent pro-testing. He traveled across the nation and spoke to hundreds of communities of equality and the rights that African Americans deserve defined by the constitution. MLK made powerful statements through marches and peace protests for the rights of black children’s education and rights and liberties of the African American people and their right to
Estefani Vazquez Professor James English 50 November 24, 2013 Racial Justice Is it right to judge others; to think that you are better than other people because of your race? Racial injustice has been going on for many centuries. Racial injustice affected many people. During 1960s, Martin Luther king Jr., an American civil rights leader, went to Birmingham to resolve the issues that was taking place. King fought against injustice in non-violent ways by advocating the rights of African-Americans.