The Fight For Equality On April 26, 1957 a small group of people stand outside a police station in New York. They demand to speak with Hinton Johnson, a man beaten by two police officers. The officers deny their requests, so the group grows larger and larger by the minute. Once it reaches over 500 people the police allow them to speak with Johnson. The leader of the group emerges from the crowd. Malcolm X. He speaks with Johnson and arranges a visit to the hospital for him. As the day progresses the crowd keeps on growing. By the time Malcolm exits the station the crowd has increased to about four thousand people, then with a single swift hand motion the gigantic sea of people depart. Malcolm X, a civil rights leader followed the Nation of Islam for a time until the prophet Muhammad betrayed him, so he created his own organisation called Muslim Mosque Inc. His comments on issues and events became a huge media sensation by the 1950's …show more content…
His popularity even got him featured on a tv show called The Hate That Hate Produced and invited to several official African nation functions (malcolmxwikipedia.org). An amazing speaker, Malcolm's speeches had a major influence on his audience, which spoke mostly to African Americans who were tired of being told to wait for equality, respect, freedom and justice. He believed and preached that African Americans should go back to Africa to separate themselves from white people and that they should defend themselves when necessary instead of using non violence, he felt that you should be “ready to die for [freedom]” (malcolmx.com). Similar in many ways, Antigone, from the play The Oedipus Cycle by Sophocles stands up to Creon, the king for not burying her brother Polynices. She does this because of she feels it is the right thing to do and because of her faith in God. And even though she is a woman she still fights for what is right. Both exhibiting their rebellious attitudes, Malcolm X and Antigone