¶ … Creative Minds Critical Thinking Famous Thinkers Paper Subjects: Martin Luther King Malcom XS
It is not easy to readily deconstruct the ideas and courses of action that Malcolm X advocated, for the simple fact that those ideas and courses of action changed so much during his relatively short lifetime. It is far easier to do so for Martin Luther King Jr., who was fairly consistent in his ideology and actions. However, when attempting to compare these aspects of these two salient African-American leaders in the middle of the 20th century, there are both points of similarity and of dissimilarity. For the most part, these men supported drastically different ways of accomplishing what was relatively the same objective. That objective, of course, serves as the primary similarity between these men -- each of them was actually working to solve the same problems that African-Americans faced during the Civil rights movement. If these similarities and differences were to be simplified in a cohesive thesis, it is that X (for the majority of his tenure as a leader) sought to solve the racial problems African-Americans faced via separation, whereas King Jr. believed the solution to this same problem was integration.
The problems or issues that both of these men faced were the disenfranchisement and lack of ability to pursue self-determination that African-Americans encountered during the majority of the 20th century. One might argue that the most devastating time for African-Americans in this country -- post slavery -- occurred after Reconstruction and prior to the Civil Rights movement when the civil and human rights of these people were forgotten and killings, beatings, and socio-economic injustice were regularly experienced by them. Both King Jr. And X sought to end this injustice, and to assert the same degree of autonomy, prosperity and equality for these people that others, particularly Caucasians, enjoyed in the United States. Racial injustice was the principle problem each of these leaders faced.
As previously mentioned, the main solutions that King Jr. And X are known for integration...
King Tut's Curse The Mummy's Curse and King Tutankhamen When Howard Carter uncovered King Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922, nobody expected that the historical significance of the find would be plagued by the rumor of a curse. King Tutankhamen's tomb was discovered in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor in Egypt on November 4, 1922 (Handwerk, n.d.). On February 17, 1923, after months of excavation, Carter, and approximately 20 other people, gathered
He insisted that the papacy should have never given him dispensation to marry Catherine. Henry turned to Wolsey for assistance in securing a divorce.8 Three years of negotiations and a papal tribunal ensued, but the English court set up to hear the case could not come to a decision. The case was moved to Rome, against Henry's wishes. The negotiations and case continued until 1533, with Henry turning his
Other theories are that he died after having been sent into battle. Other scholars state that a hole found in the King's head indicates foul play but experts believe that the hole was made after his death. (Tutankamun: Life and Times) Another mysterious aspect of the life of King Tutankhamun that still lingers in the modern consciousness is the famous, or rather infamous, curse that is associated with his name.
XIII: The question can be raised of whether or not women, children and slaves have virtues such as courage and justice or whether they are solely physical and servile creatures. If they indeed have virtues, then the question arises of what separates them from the freemen. Book II I: Virtue is both intellectual and moral. In states, legislators make the citizens good by instilling good habits in them. In poorly run states,
Their design was no more crude than tile bed I was using" (Fertado). He even slept on the beds that had been entombed over 3,000 years before, showing no ill effects! In fact, Adamson lived to be 82 years old and died in 1982, sixty years after the discovery and with no ill effects from his experience. Even today, rumors about the curse continue to swirl around King Tut and
Malcolm X's contributions to the civil rights movement cannot be viewed in isolation, without taking into account his influences and contextual variables. By the time Malcolm X wrote his Autobiography, he had already developed a well-articulated and logical political philosophy. His influences as stated in his autobiography include Marcus Garvey, from where Malcolm X's father learned the ideas he passed onto his son. It was Elijah Muhammad and the Nation
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