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Comparison: The X Kings Of Civil Rights

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The X Kings of The Civil Rights
When the Civil Rights Movement was occurring during the 1950’s and 1960’s, African Americans were fighting for their rights of equality, stop racism and violence against them. The 14th Amendment gave African Americans the right to have equal protection under the law and the 15th Amendment gave them the right to vote without any doubt. People who thought African American shouldn’t have the equal rights as them created a system called Jim Crow Laws, this kept blacks from using the same restrooms as them, drinking out of the same water fountain, going to school with whites, the ability to vote if they did not pass the literacy test, etc. Basically this system was to keep Africans Americans from having their civil …show more content…

He was trying to tell the people to open up and to be much smarter than what you are now instead of having violence in the community and turning things into a riot.
Malcolm also states that he does not want to bring his religion into the speech because it will start a fight, “As I say, if we bring up religion, we’ll have differences, we’ll have arguments, and we’ll never be able to get together” (Malcolm 1). When Malcolm stated this, I’m sure he was trying to keep others from thinking about their religion and focus for what they really came for, for their Civil Rights.
Malcolm X talks about violence with white Americans destroying people’s dream no matter the race, sexual orientations, or the religion, “We don’t see the American dream. We’ve experienced only the American nightmare.” He talk about how much chaos and disaster other have experienced from being in American and being abused by the whites, not only physically but mentally hurt. Since the slavery ended, whites have killed and tortured the lives of other races and religions. From lynching them to now rapidly shooting

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They didn’t care about the odds” (X n. pag.). Malcolm X blazoned that the same outcomes were present in the Civil Rights Movement as in the American Revolution. Resulting from this bold announcement, bounteous individuals cast aside the intimidating odds and feuded for liberty until death. While characterizing the American experience for blacks, X stated “We don’t see any American dream; we’ve experienced only the American nightmare” (n. pag.). With this example,  X castigated the American system.

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Malcolm X believed that black people must no longer view themselves through white lenses since black people will never value themselves as long as they subscribe to a standard of valuation that devalues them

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Notoriously, Martin Luther King Jr. has been the name of the civil rights movement, the one we all look up to in terms of the end of segregation. But, this respectable man was not the only one to take action in the name of equality, as another infamous speaker, Malcolm X, also drove the civil rights movement in a way of ferociousness and rage. This man, the head of the Black Nationalist movement, gave phenomenal speeches that indirectly propelled the civil rights movement, including Prospects For Freedom, By Any Means Necessary, and Message to the Grassroots. Malcolm X was a man who was an illustrious black nationalist, and was the speaker for the Nation of Islam. He often preached controversial things that regularly contrasted him with Dr.

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Thesis: In “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, Malcolm X in his telling of his life to Alex Haley uncovers the theme of positive and negative environments unearthed by the interaction of African Americans and White Americans in his life and what those kinds of environments inherently produce. Annotated Bibliography Nelson, Emmanuel S. Ethnic American Literature: an Encyclopedia for Students. Greenwood, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2015.This encyclopedia points out that the negative interaction he held with the white man as a young hustler was countered by these same experiences pushing Malcolm X to reclaim his “African identity”. This shows, as described by the cited work, what a man pushed by his negative interactions with the oppressive white men is willing to do to find his identity (i.e. through hustling).

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The autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Hanley, is describing how rough, violent, and racist it was during the era Malcolm X was born. They weren’t wanted in the in towns, cities, because they were a different race, the “white people” didn’t respect them, always treating them poorly. Everywhere they go, would be different, they can’t get paid as well as the white people. Different race people were still considered as “slaves” basically. Malcolm X tries to overcome what the white people have thrown at him, by choosing to be on the dark side.

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In Document 2, Mr. King envisions a nation where individuals are judged not by their skin color but by their character, advocating for unity and brotherhood across racial division. This American dream-esque vision, symbolizes King's commitment to nonviolence as a means to achieve social equality for his community. Moreover, Document 3, narrated by Malcolm X, called for a collaboration between white and black individuals. He emphasizes the importance of working within each other’s respective communities to promote peace, demonstrating a sentimental understanding of achieving social equality without always having to be aggressive to supposedly “opposed’ races. Together, these documents illustrate the transformative power of King’s nonviolent strategy along with sincere collaborations from Malcolm X’s ideologies.

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His approach was shocking to many, it raised many emotions throughout the entire United States of America, pride, antipathy, confusion, hate, and unity. However history may look at him, it is undeniable that he accomplished many great things. His protest against the unjust treatment of African American’s will forever be survived by the establishment equal opportunity laws. Despite the leaps and bounds that have been made since the days of the civil right’s movement, there is still much to go in regards to racial tension, equal treatment, and respect for all peoples no matter the color of their skin, however, Malcolm reminds us that it is in the hands of Americans today to make that change, to put it in his words, “The future belongs to those who prepare for it

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This experience contributes to his new belief that only some white people deserve to receive blame for affecting the lives of black people. He recognizes that other white people are doing their job as citizens by treating black people as equals. Although Malcolm X realizes that not every white person in the world should be blamed for impacting black people, he recognizes that the place where most white people disrespect black people is America. X describes why there is a racial equality problem in America to people who live in the Middle East by using a metaphor: “I was not surprised when violence happened in any of America’s ghettos where black men had been living packed like animals and treated like lepers” (356). He emphasizes that because of the way that black people are forced to live in America, they are isolated from other Americans.

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He relates with his audience through his words, showing them how he understands what they are going through, as well as showing them that it is hard to accomplish their goals. All because of the way they are looked upon by “Americans”. Throughout the speech, Malcolm X’s goals is to convince people that the black nation should be considered Americans, and that color should not define them as something other than that through the use of ethos, logos, and pathos. He attempts to show them that they are all the same, aside from their skin color.

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