The movie then follows Malcolm as he sheds his last name – the legacy, the Muslims preached, of slaveowners – and becomes a fiery street-corner preacher who quickly rises until he is the most charismatic figure in the Black Muslims, teaching that whites are the devil and that blacks must...
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Increasingly, Malcolm was seen as the national spokesman for the Black Muslims, and he was often sought out for his opinion on public issues. In vitriolic public speeches on behalf of the Nation of Islam, he described whites in the United States as devils and called for African Americans to...
Malcolm X’s April 3, 1964 Speech, “The Ballot or the Bullet” Malcolm X gave his speech during a time in American history when Black civil rights and equality between Blacks and Whites had not yet been established. Like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X also fought for the civil...
This is a quote by Malcolm X himself in which I believe identifies the course theme: Overcoming through Personal Responsibility. Malcolm X faced various challenges throughout his life, such as discrimination from whites. He had a huge influence on many black Americans in regards to how they ...
Although Malcolm words often stung with the injustices against blacks in America, the equally racist views of the Nation of Islam kept him from accepting any whites as sincere or capable of helping the situation. For twelve years he preached that the white man was the devil and the "Honorable...
After a pilgrimage to Mecca, Malcolm rejected his former separatist beliefs and advocated world brotherhood. Malcolm now blamed racism on Western culture and urged African Americans to join with sympathetic whites to bring to an end. Malcolm X ...
The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks. — Malcolm XMalcolm X in 1964, shortly after his conversion to Sunni Islam and pilgrimage to Mecca. The trip altered his views. He changed his ...
“However, if anything meaningful is ever done by whites to undo the physical and psycological harm done by slavery to the Blacks…it will have to be done by the young whites of your generation. Moslem is only the anglicised form of the Arabic word Muslim. Moslem and Mus...
“i have been convinced that some american whites do want to help cure therampant racism which is on the path to destroying this country.”– Malcolm X 3. discuss with students how and why we have these fiXed images of martin luther king, jr. and Malcolm X. be sure to emphasize that ...