Essays on Malcolm X

In Learning to Read, Malcolm X conveys his point and opinion on education by using logos, pathos, and ethos. These three rhetorical techniques that Malcolm X employs allow him to present his argument and persuade his readers to make his case. The thing that Malcolm…

In the text ‘Learning to Read’ by Malcolm X, and in the text ‘Mother Tongue’ by Amy Tan, both authors similarly present the topic of education. Malcolm X expresses the difficulties he experienced in obtaining a self-taught higher education and being impacted by others. On…

In the text ‘Learning to Read’ by Malcolm X, and in the text ‘Mother Tongue’ by Amy Tan, both authors similarly present the topic of education. Malcolm X expresses the difficulties he experienced in obtaining a self-taught higher education and being impacted by others. On…

Malcolm X’s passage, “Learning to Read” and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s speech, “The Danger of a Single Story” are attempts to explain how incomplete information can affect the portrayal of a specific group of people. Both authors seek to help their audience find the truth behind…

The key to the most important qualities of a good leader lies in one’s own self authenticity. Qualities of a leader is important to the ones that are being led. It could make or break an individual, community, or even an entire country. There are…

While comparing the letters of King and Malcolm X there have been different writing styles in which the letters have been written. King wrote his letter in 1963 while Malcolm X in 1964. King addressed a specific group of people while Malcolm X addressed almost…

In the years from 1954 to 1968, The Civil Rights Movement was a march for social activism where African Americans united together from the South to protest for integration between whites and African Americans. Civil Rights protestors had spread all over the nation taking place…

Malcolm X was an activist and leader of the Black Muslim Faith. When he was little he changed his last name to X to represent his slave name. Malcolm X became a leader for the Nation of Islam which represents both Black and Islam Culture…

African Americans didn’t have political say for a long time, but they were still expected to pay taxes and contribute to the economy. The 15th Amendment “prohibited the use of race as a qualification for the suffrage” (Foner), when the Amendment was passed, white supremacy…

In Malcolm X’s autobiography, he shows the prevalent ideas and norms of his generation through his struggle of fitting into a “hip” and more modern society, to the race shocks he encounters in Boston, to trying to gain respectability in a sphere where who you…