... reputation. The story of Malcolm X is really about a person who came from nothing and made something of himself. He made something of himself because he stood up for what he believed in and showed great leadership for his cause. Despite what race you might be anyone who reads this book will definitely get the message. Time Magazine is quoted saying, "In ... home, Malcolm moves to Boston, Massachusetts. In Boston he quickly becomes involved in the cities troubles, wearing expensive clothes, gambling, drinking, and doing drugs. Malcolm became knows as one of Harlem's dominant hustlers. Ma...

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• Grade Level: High School

... to prove to everyone that equality and justice for all was at the heart of blacks. Malcolm X on the other hand was different, although fighting for the same cause. Malcolm believed that black unity was a basis for social and political action. Malcolm characterized white America's treatment of black people as a political oppression, economic exploitation, and social degradation. Showing how the Constitution ... and its amendments failed to regulate the rights of blacks. He believed that is the American government did not protect these rights and blacks from whites then blacks had the rig...

• Word Count: 861
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Tupac was a very controversial figure in the early ninety's of American pop culture. People believed many different things about him. Some thought he was a gangster, a bad influence on society. Some believed that he was a sort of prophet, an activist in the fight for equality. I believe that Tupac had the interest of his people at heart, ... he was in a constant fight to show "middle America" what the city life of a young black man was like. Tupac believed in education, he was raised by his mom, Afari Shakur who was a black panther activist. Growing up with the "black panther" mentality, he ....

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• Grade Level: High School

... black people by uniting them under the roof of Black Nationalism, which fostered independence and self-determination instead of a mere acceptance by and an integration into the dominant society. He believed that black people had not only the right to defend themselves, but also the moral obligation to end white supremacy "by any means necessary." This quote, which was coined by ... . Also, one could detect a multitude of positive side effects of this islamization, as the Afro-American community had a lot of trouble with so-called vices of the white man as drugs, alcohol, prostitution, ga...

• Word Count: 1192
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... his favorite teacher told him that it was "no realistic goal for a nigger". He joined the underworld, became acquainted with hoodlums, pimps and thieves, turned to a life of crime dealing drugs and robbery. At the age of twenty, convicted of burglary, he was sentenced to ten years and remained in prison until he was twenty-seven. King was raised in a middle ... . And if you are not ready to pay that price, don't use the word freedom in your vocabulary" (X 79), showing his extremely radical view about the way of action. Economically, X believed that the black community "should own and ope...

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... him to get in touch with family members and very important people such as; The Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm was able to free his mind in jail without being on drugs and having to hustle to make a living. This was the first time that Malcolm was able to feel free. "Between Mr. Muhammad's teachings, my correspondence, my visitors .and my reading ... impression on Malcolm. Bimbi was the talk of the prison because of his opinions that would leave riveting effects on all the other inmates. Bimbi also told Malcolm that he believed that Malcolm was a bright guy. "Out of the blue one day,...

• Word Count: 1021
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School