Malcolm X while in prison decides to start writing to friends he had been with in the thieving and doping world who unfortunately never replied to his letters because they were too uneducated to write a letter. Some of his friends who were slick and sharp-looking and could be mistaken for Wall Street big pots unfortunately hired people to read them letters if they received one. Malcolm X was also caught up in that similar situation and would never reply to letters that were written to them (Blesok, 2012). These experiences made him acquire homemade education. While Malcolm X struggled with lack of education, Richard Rodriguez who was living in a working class neighborhood in Sacramento had a slightly different experience. His parents could afford education for him and his siblings. His elder brother and sister left their books on the table next to the door closed firmly behind them after school probably closing a chapter on school...
In fact he says that "Later on, I even wrote to the Mayor of Boston, to the Governor of Massachusetts, and to Harry S. Truman (Rodriguez, 1975). They never answered; they probably never even saw my letters. I hand scratched to them how the white man's society was responsible for the black man's condition in this wilderness of North America."That is also true with Rodriguez who is a son of working class Mexicans learning in a school where English is the mode of instruction. He reiterates that an accident of geography sent him to a school where all his classmates were white many of whom were children of doctors, lawyers, and business executives.
..That's why black prisoners become Muslims so fast when Elijah Muhammed's teachings filter into their cages by way of other Muslim convicts. 'The white man is the devil' is a perfect echo of that black convict's lifelong experience." Prison solidified Malcolm X's -- and in his view, all African-Americans' -- position in society, and his faith clarified the predicament and gave an avenue both of understanding and of redress. Everyone's childhood, family,
He began receiving death threats and his house was burned down. On February 21, 1965, Malcolm was shot dead while delivering a speech in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom. Malcolm was shot 16 times. Three men were convicted for the shots and they were all members of the Nation of Islam. The funeral service was attended by a very large number of people and thousands of people came to pay their respects
Malcolm X: Director Spike Lee's Portrait Of An American Hero Malcolm X was not a man who could be easily characterized and the same is true for Spike Lee's 1992 film. Malcolm X was a labor of love for Lee, who was only thirty-five at the time of the film's release. Lee had been a young child when Malcolm X was assassinated, so his knowledge of the man was not based
Malcolm X, the most influential Black Muslim leader, was a man whose views and personality underwent so many changes that the final version of him bore little or no resemblance to the original one. In the book, 'Autobiography of Malcolm X', Alex Haley has highlighted all the changes that his political and social ideologies encountered and this helps us understand the complex multi-faceted personality of the man who had a
Even Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. noted that the Emancipation Proclamation promised more than it delivered. Both men knew that America had a long way to go before true freedom for African-Americans could be realized. Malcolm X dealt drugs and hung out with the underground African-American artists and musicians during the Harlem Renaissance, one of the greatest periods in African-American cultural history. This section of Malcolm X's Autobiography is one
Malcolm X & Sophia Malcolm first notices Sophia (a name given by Malcolm, we have no idea what her real name is) at a Negro dance at the Roseland Club in Boston, MA. Malcolm's date was Laura; Laura was an intelligent, well-brought-up, young, black woman. Laura is on her second date with Malcolm. Sophia walks into the club and immediately draws Malcolm's attention. The author describes her as a blond woman
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