When comparing and contrasting movies and books‚ the majority of the time the book presents more of a detailed atmosphere and illustration of events. However‚ in this case I think the book‚ "Autobiography of Malcolm X" and the movie‚ "Malcolm X" quoin side with one another. Spike Lee is not only one of the best filmmakers in America‚ but one of the most crucially important‚ because his films address the central subject of race‚ as so does the book. He doesn’t use a sentimental approach or political
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Kentucky; are being treated like dogs and denied simple human rights. Me: Mr Ali‚ did your religion play a huge role for your refusal of induction in the Vietnam War? Muhammad Ali: Yes‚ it played a huge role. Ever since I converted to the nation of Islam in 1964‚ I’ve always tried to do the right thing for the good of my conscience. War is against the teachings of the Holy Qur’an. I am not supposed to take part in Christian wars of any unbelievers. Me going to Vietnam to kill the lines of innocent
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Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little in Omaha Nebraska on May 19‚ 1925. Malcolm’s father Earl Little was a big six-foot-four very black man with one eye. His mother Louis Little‚ had a light complexion and could pass for white. Malcolm was his father’s seventh child. He had three children from a previous marriage Ella‚ Earl‚ and Mary‚ who lived in Boston. Malcolm’s father met and married his mother in Philadelphia. This union produced‚ Malcolm and his five full-blooded siblings. The oldest Wilfred
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Malcom X Literacy Behind Bars Briana Toney Alabama State University October 9‚ 2012 English 132.07 Literacy is the ability to read and write and allows people to become influential speakers and powerful leaders. Strictly defined‚ literacy is the quality or state of being literate‚ having possession of education‚ and a person’s knowledge of a particular subject or field. Literacy is not having or involving ignorance; it is having knowledge or competence. The term literacy is derived from the
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Sharifkhani Professor Pryor 9/10/14 Learning to Read: pg. (189) 1) What motivated Malcom X to educate himself is that while he was spending 7 years in prison he educated himself and became a discipline of Elijah Muhammad‚ founder of the nation of Islam. Many people think that he went to school far beyond the eighth grade. But this impression is due entirely to his prison studies. He argues that Bimbi was the first person that made him feel envy of his stock knowledge. He also explain that from
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Impact of Education Education is one of the most essential necessities of a personal life because without education‚ we would not have a brighter future. In two essays “Learning to Read and Write” and “A Homemade Education”‚ Malcolm and Douglass describe what they have gone through in order to become more successful in their pursuits in life. While Malcolm X lived part of his life in prison‚ he spent his time writing numerous definitions from a dictionary amongst the walls and tables. The elements
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prison in 1952. Now a free man‚ Malcolm traveled to Detroit‚ Michigan‚ where he worked with the leader of the NOI‚ Elijah Muhammad‚ to help expand the NOI’s following among black Americans nationwide. Malcolm is largely responsible for the spread of Islam in the black community in the United States. Malcolm X went on to become one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. He is credited with raising the self-esteem of black Americans and reconnecting them with their African
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he immersed himself in the teachings of Elijah Muhammad. During his stay in prison‚ Malcolm continually lashed out at the guards and fellow inmates. After realizing that this would never get him anywhere‚ he began to study the teachings of Islam. With the aid of a fellow convict he cam to the mindset that it was his new mission in life to convert fellow blacks in order to unify them as a people. He felt that there was no real way
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Unable to do anything else he started writing to letters to people in the hustling world‚ such as Sammy the pimp‚ john Hughes‚ the gambling house owner‚ the thief jump steady‚ and several dope peddlers. He would always write to them about Allah and Islam and Mr. Elijah Muhammad. Since he never knew where these people actually lived he would just send the letters to where he met these people. But since the average hustler or criminal was too uneducated to write a letter‚ he never got a reply. Malcolm
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discovered the teachings of the Nation Of Islam. The teachings resonated and cut deep into Malcolm because of the empowerment‚ pride‚ equality‚ and separation of black people he sought for. After prison Malcolm continued to follow the Nation of Islam in which he
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