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Martin Luther King's Autobiography Of Malcom X

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Malcom X is one of the greatest civil rights leaders to ever step foot on this planet. But he saw things different from others leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. He had different ideas on things that some still don’t agree on till this day. But you can’t really blame him for thinking this way. Specailly after reading his autobiography and the struggles he had to go through while growing. Which you will learn about when reading his autobiography, which was ranked as one of the top hundred books in Times Magazines. Once you read his book then you’ll understand why he thought this way and how come he seen things different from others. The purposes of author when writing this autobiography was to show how tough African Americans had in in this day in age. Especially from Malcom X point of view and struggles he had to go through from losing both his parents to being separated from his brother and sisters and most important racial problems he faced weather it was at school or living with his new foster parents. He hopped that this story would give value to his reader and make them see things the way he saw them. Which he did cause where still learning about him and the book till this day and the books been published since fifty years ago. But my main point is that the book is both powerful and beautiful. …show more content…

I say this because at the beginning of the story of Malcom X I’ve notice this quote that says this “the good Christian white people” which was said from the KKK group that came to his home looking for his father. This quote is a good example for showing the structure of this story of what to have to do with racism which it does and this is only in the first paragraph of the story. So not only does this quote set out the structure of what this story is going to be about but it also shows how show how powerful, tough Malcom x is going to have to be to face these tough things like

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He recognized good from bad like when his mentor broke his own rules and he left him and he helped the needy by changing the law for the better of the African American people. Malcom X had to face many hardships in his life that he had to preserve through. His dad was killed when was a kid and his mom was put into a mental institution for 26 years. Most

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conventions. Malcom X became a civil rights activists after being harassed by the KKK in his childhood home. As a child his house was intentionally burned to the ground by a racist mob and the white firemen and police officers did nothing. Later, his father was killed by racists, but police never investigated and ruled it a suicide so the insurance company didn't have to pay the large insurance sum.

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Clarke uses pieces of Malcom X’s interviews, and uses the dialogue to present Malcom’s message. Overall throughout reading this book, Clarke puts a huge emphasis on what Malcom X stands for. For example, Malcom X believed in fighting for justice, and equality for African Americans; but did not agree with Martin Luther King Jr.’s standpoint for the Civil Rights Movement. For instance, Malcom believed that we should not wait to be standardized to the liking of white people, as to what is seen acceptable in their eyes. Taking matters into yourself for Malcom was by taking action yourself, and not waiting for someone of superiority, whites, to correct the situation.

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