Malcom X gives his history on his own literacy in Literacy Behind Bars. He reveals that he did not go any farther academically than the 8th grade. The impression people retain of his literacy and his intelligence extending into advance schooling is largely imparted to his days spent in prison. Malcom would spend every waking hour absorbing everything that he could. He went through the dictionary, copying and memorizing every page from a to z.
Serpent Mound- The creators of the Serpent Mound were Native Americans possibly part of the Mississippi tribes. The Serpent Mounds was dated from 400 to 1100 CE of a formed impacted crater. Module 2 states, “the Serpent Mound was constructed to honor the cosmic rhythms through its form and structure”. The mound is made of several layers which are stone, clay, ash and top soil.
Martin Luther King's thesis or his argumentative claim, clarifies that injustice must not be tolerated anywhere. King challenges the differences between an unjust law and just laws that play a major part in his reasoning to justifying civil disobedience. Additionally, King mentions how he is viewed by the Clergymen and by others in the state, labeled as an "outside agitator. " In his letter, King addresses their claims of segregation and critiques of King's actions to challenge the issue using perceptions from both sides. Through the constructive use of pathos, King introduces the term wait, a word that the oppressed or harshly treated are familiar within a government that takes slow action to intervene.
Countless battles have been fought on American soil, some with weapons, but most with words, opinions, and selfless actions. These memoirs tell the stories of Malcolm X and Ulrich and how they affected their respective movements. Malcolm X is one of the most famous and well known advocates of the civil rights movement. He has inspired many to stand up for their race, and to not be put down for the color of their skin. Much like Malcolm X, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich is a famous and well known figure head in the fight for equality.
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).
Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s. A Brief History with Documents written by David Howard-Pitney is a great history book that gives us an entry into two important American thinkers and a tumultuous part of American history. This 207-pages book was published by Bedford/St. Martin’s in Boston, New York on February 20, 2004. David Howard-Pitney worked at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University in 1986, and that made him a specialist on American civil religion and African-American leaders ' thought and rhetoric (208). Another publication of Howard-Pitney is The African-American Jeremiad: Appeals for Justice in America.
Malcolm X was a prominent African American civil rights leader and activist during the late 1900s. Prior to his role as a civil rights trailblazer, Malcolm X was an inarticulate hustler who was sentenced to ten years in prison on burglary charges. It was in prison that Malcolm X had acquired a taste for education and he could not stop yearning for more; as a result, he began to study tirelessly. Throughout “a Homemade Education”, Malcolm X appeals to one’s sense of ethics, logic, and emotion by utilizing his own personal experiences to stress that everyone should educate themselves and thus gather an understanding about the world. When in prison Malcolm X had attempted to emulate a man named Bimbi, a fellow prison mate whom he had looked up
In the text “Letters from Birmingham Jail”, Martin Luther King Jr. had to come to terms with the growing injustice against the black community and the condition that grew due to the lack of speed of action. Society was taking a slow path to uphold certain laws but was not moving on others, even though the higher courts supported a change. Martin Luther King Jr, felt it was necessary to disobey unlawful rulings such as aiding those persecuted because of their religious belief, while upholding those that were lawful. The example used was of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refusing to bow to Nebuchadnezzar, or other Christians facing death by lions to stay true to their calling.
In “A Homemade Education,” Malcolm X expresses that reading and increasing your knowledge is extremely important and that it has helped him understand black history and slavery. Malcolm X was very frustrated with himself because he could not convey what he wanted to say when it came to writing simple English. Many people, who have heard Malcolm X on television or read something he wrote, would have thought that he had obtained an education “beyond the eight grade” (1). Malcolm X claims that this impression of him is a result of him studying during his prison sentence. It began when he met a man named Bimbi in the Charlestown Prison, where he felt as if he was far less knowledgeable than him.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a preacher and a civil rights activist, who soon after became the leader of the civil rights movement. A man of many great words, Dr. King did a peaceful protest to remove segregation and promote equality and unity for all people. A couple days before his dynamic arrest,King, some other protestors, and other civil rights leaders were arrested for taking part in a “Good Friday” act, which was apart of a Birmingham movement created to bring turn the nation’s focus to the cruel and harsh treatment that people of selected races, especially African Americans, were experiencing in Birmingham, Alabama, which was of the nation’s most segregated cities. For a long time, King, leaders, and other protestors had organized
There are different concepts about the American dream. To some people the American Dream is to have the freedom America offers. To others it’s may be the chance to be able to raise their kids in the Americas. The American Dream inspire people to want to live a better life. To some people it is a dream to come to America and have a chance to reach the unreachable American dream.
Martin Luther King was arrest on Friday in Birmingham, Alabama because he was parading without a permit. He felt like the arrest was unnecessary because he was practicing his first amendment the right to nonviolent protest. Eugene “Bull” Connor was an American politician who served as a commissioner of the Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama during the American Civil Rights Movement. Connor enforce racial segregation and denied civil rights to African American citizen, especially during the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is Birmingham campaign of 1963 lead by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King is incarceration made a lot of African American activist in Birmingham, Alabama and across the country to question his nonviolent
Malcolm X was admired by many, for his courage and intelligence. In his essay “prison Studies” Malcolm X writes about his journey in prison, he tells us how he met his friend Bimbi who inspired him to become better and so he started his own “prison” education. Malcolm X’s idea of freedom is knowledge. In his “Prison Studies “he said :” I never had been so truly free” ( “prison Studies” Malcolm X) . Back in his prison days, he used a small light that pierced through his cell just to be able to continue reading the dictionary.
A recent study released by Pearson that questioned over 400,000 students in grades 6-12 shows that only “48% of students think their teachers care about them…and only 45% of students think teachers care if they are absent from school” (Hare, 2015). This shocking statistic demonstrates what American students think about their teachers. Most students are under the impression that their teachers don’t care about them. When teachers don’t care about their students and allow them to fail, many students with unrealized potential give up on education. Mike Rose’s “I Just Wanna Be Average” describes his journey through high school on the vocational track after the results of his “tests got confused with those of another student named Rose” (Rose, 1989, p. 2).
In “I just wanna be average” Mike Rose recounts his years in vocational school, known as low level classes. Rose was placed in vocational school by accident, rose decided on staying enrolled with low level students. Rose observed his teacher and classmates and talks about them throughout his essay. Rose explains to the reader why many students don’t learn or don’t take school/education serious. Teachers show they don’t care about their students by giving lack of education and by using physical violence and all just to control them.
