Malcom X And The Civil Rights Movement

Equality has always been an issue all over the world. From the Atlantic Salve Trade to the discovery of America, poor people in general have no choice but to follow suit and be mistreated by the wealthy. Back then, they were abused and treated like they were less than an animal. The white people used to say that Africans and African-Americans were one fifth human instead of being fully human. In America, Africans and African- Americans are still fighting for equality till this day. From 1954 to 1968, African-Americans has some of their toughest battles fighting for equality from the white people. That time-period is known as the Modern Civil Rights Movement. During this time, you would hear about many civil rights activists such as Malcom X,

He titles the letter The Stench of Freedom. The letter is about how fifty-five local people, three visiting Northern ministers, James Bevel, and himself were arrested and convicted of contempt of court. They did not have a fair trial, nor did they have the benefit of a legal counsel during court. They were soon transported to the Dallas County jail and in a state prison camp for eight days. He also gives time stamps on when the most momentous events happened while they were transported from jail to jail. When the would be transported, most of the jails would have the officers remove all the beds, covers, benches, and make them sleep on the hard, concrete floor. He also explained how the last prison he was transported to, Camp Selma, only had a capacity of thirty-two people and the majority were crammed up in different cells. He gave detailed to how the toilet would always be stopped up and gave a horrible stench throughout the day, especially due to the heat making it worse. He then begins to think to himself and asks why thing were they way that were. He gives rhetorical questions for the reading to think about why things happen the way that they do, and why do they have to fight so hard to change it. It gave me thought to wonder why African-Americans had to work so hard to be equality and what did they do in that timeline to get us to where we are today. I plan on using my primary source and looking for other sources weekly to learn more in depth reasoning as to why things were the way that they