Malcolm X
Essays

Alternative Education According to Malcolm X and Richard Rodriguez

Most Negro parents in those days would almost instinctively treat any lighter ones better than they treated the darker ones..." The Autobiography of Malcolm X (p. 4).

Malcolm X is the most misunderstood figure in the American Civil Rights movement and perhaps in modern American history. Although his message of freedom differed significantly from that of his contemporary, Dr.

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.

Family and Faith in the Autobiography of Malcolm X

How Malcolm X's Street Life Contributed to his Leadership Skills

Malcolm X: Director Spike Lee's Portrait Of An American Hero

Maloclm X was known for the strength of his speeches and words and the absolutely unequivocal nature of his stance against white people as the oppressors of African-Americans, whom he referred to as Negroes in what…

Civil Rights -- an International Movement for Justice

Formal education is designed to enlighten and help individuals to improve their lives. However, for cultural ‘others,' this experience can also promote internal conflict. Using excerpts from Malcolm X and Robert Rodriguez, the six separate essays here consider different themes relating to this experience of otherness and ways of obtaining an education in spite of said otherness.