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Some might also argue that unity of white people was also necessary to fix society, but this was certainly not Malcolm X's point.
He gets his point across even more emphatically in the second half of his speech by speaking directly about the differences in approach and effect between the main leaders of the Civil Rights Movement and the grassroots participants that made up the bulk of the people demanding their rights. Specifically, he mentions the arguments that grew over the handling of finances by Martin Luther King, Jr. In respect to several different inter-related organizations following the events at Birmingham (the bus boycott and related issues), noting how the leadership seemed to be disintegrating at a moment when increased activism was most needed. Even here, he seems to suggest that the power structure of the colored leadership of the Civil Rights Movement was somehow tainted by involvement with whites, again attempting to suggest that white people...
To death." Again, he is attempting to connect the idea of unity and success in regards to obtaining equal rights for people of color with the concept of a single enemy and the white power structure as a unified entity itself. Malcolm X is not simply advocating grassroots activism in this speech, but is subtly (and not-so-subtly) outlining a worldview without any shades of gray but that instead is clearly rendered (in what is an unfortunate coincidence of an English idiom) black and white. This us-versus-them mentality was meant to unify the oppressed group of people -- a noble motive with questionable means.
Muslims in America The status of Muslims in America changed radically in the wake of 9/11 (Sheridan, 2006). A small population by percentage (American-Muslims are only 1% of the U.S. population) (Besheer, 2016), Muslims nonetheless received the vast bulk of negative attention and backlash following the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001. As an ethnic group, Muslims were well-connected both domestically and internationally -- and many Muslims reached out
Civil Rights: The Role of Black Churches The audience will understand the role that black churches played in the ongoing Civil Rights Movement. In this speech, I will show that black churches -- through methods of advocacy, spiritual leadership and active participation -- play a significant role in the ongoing Civil Rights Movement that began in the mid-20th century and clearly continues on into today's times. Everyone knows of Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Major Social MovementThe Hippie Movement of the 1960s and 1970s was a countercultural movement that opposed the traditional norms and values of American society. It professed views of free love, peace, and non-violence. It began mainly as a youth movement in response to the turbulent era of the 1960s. The assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy all figured into the turbulence and
Mandatory Sentencing Public policy, crime, and criminal justice Mandatory Sentencing: Case Study Critique The prime grounds of mandatory sentencing laws are utilitarian. The laws come with long prison sentences for recidivists, drug dealers and isolation of violent criminals from the community aiming at preventing them from committing additional crimes outside the prison walls. In addition, the design of mandatory sentencing aim at deterring and portraying a harsh reflection to potential offenders of the
The oil spill in North Carolina caught her attention along with the fact that "Forty-one states send [toxic] waste to Emelle, Alabama, where 86% of the population is African-American" (Kaplan, p. 378). The skill that Burwell showed in pushing the issue that there was clearly a strategy to place dangerous toxic waste dumps -- that give off cancer-causing PCBs -- in areas where minorities lived was impressive. "Dollie, determined
Jordan has not been honored by naming any street or postal holidays. She was respected and recognized by her own milestones; as she designed modern Harlem with R. Buckminster Fuller, had coffee with Malcolm X, received suggestive teachings from Toni Cade Bambara, acted with Angela Davis in a film, and authored an opera with John Adams and Peter Sellars. Irrespective of so much achievements there was no 'Day' named