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Malcolm X As They Knew Him Sparknotes

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Malcolm X was known as an aggressive activist during the Civil Rights movement during the late 1950’s and mid 1960’s. X, who would change his last name to “Little” for it was given centuries prior by his ancestor’s slave master, was a follower of Elijah Muhammad who is the messenger of Allah. During his years in prison, X was an atheist but regained his faith in God as he joined the nation of Islam. After he was released, he met with Elijah Muhammad in Chicago and became a minister for the Nation of Islam, establishing temples all across the east coast. In David Gallen’s book Malcolm X: As They Knew Him, he organizes a compilation of sources who tell their stories of how they knew the great Malcolm X. Author David Gallen published his first …show more content…

Truman. Gallen’s books are mostly consisting of figures in American history, especially ones who had an affect on the rights and freedoms of African Americans. His third novel written in 1992 on Malcolm X is a collection of memories of people who knew the Islamic minister during his time in the spotlight. This book is directed towards the people who want a deeper perception on one of the most inspirational figures during this period of American history. Instead of the traditional story of how the person grew up, and how they ended up as a famous figure, the book consists of varying opinions and viewpoints of Malcolm X that gives the reader a better understanding of what obstacles he had to overcome. X is one of the more different, complex Civil Rights activists. He focused more on separating African Americans from …show more content…

One of them was with the WBAI radio station where Malcolm X explained an incident that happened in Los Angeles where members of an Islamic temple were beaten and killed by police officers, and none of the officers were charged. One of the muslims were released from prison, went to the hospital and was forced back to custody with no medical attention. “He was held for another twenty four hours with no medication whatsoever” (104). X demanded the Nation of Islam to take action against the police brutality, and he claimed that the Nation of Islam was cooperating with other civil rights organizations. This interview ultimately changed the course of Malcolm X and his teacher Elijah Muhammad’s dying

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• Here he begins reading as many books as possible and educating himself. 1947 • Transferred to Concord Reformatory for fifteen months. • Influenced by some family members and impressed by letters from Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm converts to the Nation of Islam (not to be confused with actual Islam). 1952 • Malcolm is released from prison after six years (instead of eight to ten) and meets Elijah Muhammad in Chicago. It is here that he receives the legendary 'X' from the Nation of Islam 1953 • The FBI opens a surveillance file on Malcolm.

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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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Throughout the Autobiography of Malcolm X there are several key events the bring out the central ideas of the text. Some examples of the key events was when Mr. Ostrowski lectured Malcolm, when Malcolm was in jail and he learned the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, and when Malcolm made his pilgrimage to Mecca. A closer look at the central ideas would show that they build on one another. When Malcolm was going to school his teacher, Mr. Ostrowski, told home to give up his dream of being a lawyer,” Malcolm, one of life’s first needs is to be realistic.

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During the 1960’s there was racial tension almost everywhere you went especially where Malcolm was born which was Omaha, Nebraska. At this time the KKK was a very popular and hated group, with more than 50,000 members

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Philosophical differences between martin luther king and malcolm X The philosophical differences between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X have to do with the their protest strategies. MLK never fought with violence. Although he would get physically attacked, he stood his ground and continued to fight for equality peacefully. King believed that whites and blacks should come together to end the hate and violence.

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Malcolm X The man everyone learned about, Malcolm was born in 1925, May 15th. Before converting to Muslim, Malcolm lived with his parents, His father name was Earl Little, a Baptist preacher. Before his father died, and soon after, his mother lost custody of him and his siblings. Which caused Malcolm to become troublesome as a child.

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As the years went by, Malcolm continued down the wrong path, filled with crime and pain. Due to the racial hate that followed him, he could never be seen as an equal. The government imprisoned him multiple times for his crimes and this added to his depression. He desperately tried to change the way society looked upon him, but eventually he looked to crimes and rebellion in order to

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While in prison Malcolm spent a majority of his time reading and becoming knowledged in law and other “forensic skills” (Epps). During this time he is frequently visited by his siblings, who had recently converted to the religion of Islam, his brother Reginald was part of the Nation of Islam (NOI)(“Biography”). NOI was a select group of black Muslims who believe in black pride and that to get equality and freedom they must establish their own state, completely separate from the white Americans. While in Prison Malcolm converts to the religion of Islam and joins NOI and shortly before his early release (A & E) changes his last name to X believing that his surname Little was his “slave” name (History.comStaff).

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From the beginning of Malcolm X’s life he saw the injustices in the country of America, he was only a kid innocent to the world around him. His father was supposedly killed in a car accident, but Malcolm and his family believe that he was murdered by the Black Legion, which was a group of white racist. Even worse the officials claimed that his father had committed suicide, which prevented his family from inheriting the life insurance money. Furthermore, in the midst of all this happening to young Malcolm his mother began to go crazy and as a consequence, she got sent to a mental hospital.

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What were Malcolm X’s beliefs? What did he hope to see change, and how for that matter did he believe he could make those changes happen? While analyzing Malcolm X and Black Rage, written by Cornel West, questions such as those are brought to light. Malcolm X’s motives are further explored as author Cornel West goes into depth and critiques Malcolm X’s tactics, such as black rage and psychic conversion, why they were such an important part of his philosophy, and if he believed said tactics were effective.

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Though he is still seen as a controversial figure, I believe that Malcolm X was one of the most compassionate figures in history. He once said, “I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.” I really admire how he fought for what he believed in. Initially, I learned about Malcolm X in my AP English Language class, but I was reintroduced to his influence on the modern day black society in my college history class. Prior to being reintroduced to his philosophy in my college history class, I thought that X was a violent, racist man.

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Newspaper Entry of Malcolm X’s speech “The Black Revolution” Marco Brundler 10/01/2015 Malcolm X had a very significant role in society, mostly in the 1970’s. He was known very well for his radical ideas and Muslim views. He was very convincing towards the crowd due to his use of rhetoric techniques.

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Malcolm X had a vigorous early life and through the help of the Islamic religion he was able to live a life of wisdom and knowledge. Malcolm was living a mis-guided life in boston and consequently he was dealt a 10 year prison sentence. When in prison Malcolm X was influenced to convert to the nation of Islam by his family. The Nation of Islam gave him a new outlook at life and motivated him to become educated. Before Malcolm X started his studies underneath the religion he was a naive and self centered person but shortly after his conversion his demeanor changed drastically.

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Malcolm X is one of the most controversial and complex leaders of the twentieth century. Even though Malcolm X converted to Islam in prison, most of Nation’s ideologies came from the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, who was the leader of Nation and Malcolm’s spiritual father. Malcolm X was completely drawn to Nation and Muhammad’s teachings because of his past experience of racism as child and young adult. Muhammad’s ideology of race deeply impacted Malcolm X thought/views about the difference between the black and white man, and that the only way for both of them to move forward in society is by separating the two. Malcolm X used Islam as a powerful mechanism to encourage African-Americans to be self-efficient, self-motivated, and self-reliant.

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Malcolm X was a Muslim minister who was also African American. He was a activist for human rights, Malcolm was a bold and courageous spokesperson for blacks to have rights,Malcolm X declared America “white America” to have the most harshest of terms for it’s tenacious treatments against African Americans. In the year 1946, he was sentenced to prison because he was caught breaking and entering. When he was incarcerated, he was chosen to become a member of the Nation of Islam. This is when he changed his birth name from Malcolm Little to Malcolm X. Later he had written,”Little was the name that the white slave master … had imposed upon paternal forebears” After his parole in 1952 his popularity grew and became the organization 's most influential leaders, and served as the public face of the controversial group for a dozen years.

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