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    Jim Jones Research Paper

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    Revolutionary Suicide Suicide is the intentional taking of one's own life; it is not one being forced to die. Prior to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 the horrendous event at Jonestown marked the single largest loss of U.S. civilian lives in a non-natural disaster. On November 18, 1978 a total of 909 Americans died under the direction of People’s Temple leader Jim Jones. Not every member of the People’s Temple willingly gave up their lives many were shot if they were not willingly…

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    Motivation for Self-Education The essays “Coming to the Awareness of Language” by Malcolm X and “The Library Card” by Richard Wright are about how two men tried to educate themselves by reading books. Malcolm X was a man in the 1940-1950 who spent his time in jail rewriting the pages of the dictionary to better himself as both a reader and writer. He wanted to better his education and be able to write letters to Elijah Muhammad without sounding uneducated. He was reading about African American…

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    Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He was assassinated February 21, 1965 by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. His followers looked at him as a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, while he was there for the harshest term for crimes against black americans. People call him a preacher of racism and violence. But people also call him one of the greatest and…

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    The argument of The Autobiography of Malcolm X is that the Nation of Islam permanently changed Malcolm’s life. Before he joined the Nation and found Allah, he was involved with drugs, hustlers, and prostitution. Malcolm then goes to jail for stealing a watch and becomes known throughout the prison for his anti-religious ways, earning the nickname “Satan.” Malcolm receives a letter from his brother, Reginald, where Reginald tells Malcolm not to eat any more pork or smoke any more cigarettes, that…

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    I believe that Malcolm X did grow into a positive black leader and member of the nation of Islam because of his tragic life, his motivation, and his belief. Firstly, Malcolm X’s life was full of tragic events that helped him become a positive black leader and member of the nation of Islam. Growing up Malcolm’s father died, which led him to live in a foster home. Malcolm also dropped out of school and began gambling, stealing, doing drugs, and becoming an unfaithful man. Malcolm X even went to…

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    Malcom X Thesis

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    Malcom X. was Black civil right leader in 1960s in the united states and outspoken public voice of the Black Muslim faith, challenged the mainstream civil rights movement and the no violent pursuit of the integration championed by Martin Luther King Jr. he urged followers to defend themselves against white aggression “by any means necessary”. Born Malcom little, he changed his last name to X to signify his rejection of his “slave”. In 1964, Malcom X made a pilgrimage to mecca and changed his…

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    discrimination according to him. Later on, the family moves to a new town called Lansing and their house is burned by a supremacist group, once this happens Malcolm states that he learns one of his earliest lessons of being black in the U.S.; he also describes the difference in success between a black person and a white person. Turning six, Malcolm’s father is killed by whites and the insurance company denies the family any money claiming the death was a suicide, leaving the family no money…

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    Rhetorical Analysis Of Malcolm X

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    racist mob.” And he means that if they don’t do anything about it now, then they will never be free from the violent racist mobs that control everything they do. He said that they will take over the places that the government isn’t willing to the black people with racism. He said that they have the right to protect themselves and each other by any means necessary. Malcolm believes that it is not right to judge a man by the color of his skin without even knowing him. Malcolm explained, “It is the…

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    Malcolm X was born on May 19 1925 as Malcolm Little in Nebraska. He was the fourth child out of eight in the family. Malcolm was the son of James E. Little, a preacher who supported the black nationalist ideals of Marcus Garvey. Since Malcolm 's father was such an outspoken man,and the racists did not like this, he would constantly receive threats so they moved to Lansing, Michigan, where his father continued to preach his beliefs despite the threats. The Little 's moved thinking they would be…

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    The person who I chose to research more information on is, Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. but he identifies himself as aka: ‘Snoop Dogg’. American Rapper/Record producer and Actor, Entrepreneur. He was raised as a Baptist, then he converted to Mormonism, then to Islam and now currently his religion is Rastafari religion • Aka: Snoop Dogg was born October 20, 1971 in Long Beach, California, US. • He was raised Baptist, starting his musical career by playing the piano at the local Baptist church.…

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