Malcolm x 3
Malcolm x 3Malcolm X Essay
The road to equal rights for African Americans has been a long, hard, treacherous road that still continues today. Several prominent African American's have become strong leaders in the fight to bridge the racial gap. Malcolm X was one of the most celebrated of these leaders, some considered to be a hero, where others saw as a "racist monster." From negative racist experiences, early on, Malcolm learned to stand up for what he believed in. His critics portray him as an inately good man, but they criticise the way in which he makes his stands. Some would have liked to have seen him join forces with Martin Luther King Jr., another civil rights activist. Despite how he may be portrayed, Malcolm X was a great man of many talents and achievements and will forever be remembered for his contribution to the civil rights movement.
Malcolm X's personality developed throughout his life, these changes can be mapped into four respective parts, each part helping Malcolm determine ho he was. As stated by Malcolm:
People are always speculating: why am I as I am? To understand… any person, his whole life, from birth, must be reviewed. All our experiences fuse into our personalities. Everything that ever happened to us is an ingredient. I was born in trouble!
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little, lost his Father, at the age of six, to violence of the Klu Klux Klan, although Newspapers at the time, reported differently "Earl Little, 41,…sustained fatal injuries… when he was run over by a streetcar…" (Myers 21) This tragedy, caused a great tear in Malcolm's family.
By the age of thirteen, Malcolm had seen his house burn down. He had been exposed to the violent death of his father, had known extreme hunger, had seen the slow breakdown of his mother, and had also seen brothers and sisters placed in homes. (Perry 32)
Years without proper schooling, left the troubled Malcolm to a life on the streets. While imprisoned on burlary charges, Malcolm found the Black Muslim movement, and the Islam religion.
Malcolm X, a man of strong morals, believed that:
power in defense of freedom, is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from conviction, which produces action,
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Malcolm also believed that this freedom should be sought out:
By any means necessary! I'm for freedom…. Http://mercury.spaceports.com/x/quotes.html
In respect to the revolting by Black Americans, Malcolm believed that : "it is incorrect to classify the revolt of the Negro as simply a racial conflict of Black against white,…[it is a] global rebellion of the oppressed against the oppressor…" (http://bc.bluffton.edu/BCNews) He believed that this revolution by the American Negro was part of the rebellion against all oppression which seemed to characterize the era.
Due to the vast resources relating to Malcolm, there are a number of common misconceptions,...
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