Malcolm X Historiography

Ever thought about Malcolm’s reasons for writing this Autobiography? Throughout the text Malcolm experiences many things that many young teenagers would not be able to experience or even understand. Even though in this day and age teens try to accomplish most of the things Malcolm X might have accomplished within a day, there still would never be a hustler like him. Growing up Malcolm experienced many changes with his family and the people around him. In the text Malcolm jumped from being a loner to a very popular young man in the streets around Boston. Malcolm was the type of person that wanted to know all he could to make sure he was good at what he was doing. He wanted to fit in but yet still be himself at the same time. Malcolm quickly

The impetus for the development for this major work arose from the varied and largely, colorful interpretations of Malcolm X. The differences seem to have arisen from scholars and historians use and understanding of many different and varied sources and most important, their own perspective of the events as they unfolded. How historians approached Malcolm X is of paramount importance to future historians and more importantly, to the study of history. Principally, these differences of thought and perspective are greatly determined by the writer's context, which in turn is at the core of the focus question, concerning the historiographical issue whether each generation writes the same history in a new way. Furthermore the purpose of

Malcolm X’s essay explains the way education can set one free, and how one can develope their own future. "Homemade Education," protrays the fustration and struggle of his own education while in prison. As well as being physically locked within a jail cell, Malcolm X felt captured mentally as well. Malcolm X was unable to recieve the proper education to ro allow him to be able to write letters to the outside world, prior to his life in prison, as he says,“...trying to write simple English, I not only wasn’t articulate, I wasn’t functional” (page 225). This powerful, moving quote of his essay explains just how he felt and from this branches the uses of claims, pathos, logos, and ethos.

By learning to read, Malcolm X gained a universal knowledge that helped him to become in one of the most articulate and famous spokesman. He didn’t just learn the appropriate English grammar; he went beyond to more serious readings. These readings helped him to discover a new world of knowledge “Anyone who has read a great deal can imagine the new world that opened” (X 190). Moreover, his interest for Mr. Muhammad teachings led Malcolm to want to know more about black people history through the time. Books as Will Durant’s Story of Civilization and Negro History gave him some knowledge about the topic “Book after book showed me how the white man had brought upon the world’s black, brown, red and yellow peoples every variety of the suffering

May 3rd- over the past couple of days I have looked at many websites on Malcolm X and I have learned through the website biography.com on Malcolm X that he had a very tough upbringing and childhood and also encountered many events of racism shown towards him and his family. I believe that this is what caused Malcolm to begin his journey into becoming a minister, human rights activist and a prominent black nationalist leader. Some events of racism shown towards Malcolm X was his house being burned down by a racist mob and the towns emergency responders refused to help Malcolm and his family and watched it burned down. Another racist event shown towards Malcolm was that he was told he couldn’t be a lawyer in school and that he should be a carpenter. This made him drop out of school at the age of 15 and move to Boston.

Malcolm X was a prisoner at Charlestown Prison. At the prison he educated himself on how to read and write. He wanted to write letters to his friend Elijah Muhammad, but he could even write simple English. Therefore he couldn’t convey what he felt in his letters. This motivated him and he took it upon himself to learn how to read and write. He did so by copying the dictionary. He stared from the letter A all the way to Z. By the time he finished he expanded his vocabulary and writing skills. Along the way he found interest in reading and picked up on a subject that deeply motivated him. Malcolm X was very passionate about the topic of slavery. His readings fueled his hatred towards the “White Man” and this allowed him to continue reading on

The life of Malcolm X, who was murdered forty years ago this month, spanned a trajectory from oppression and victimization to inchoate rebellion and revolutionary autonomy. His was a voyage from resistance to an informed radicalism. It was a journey from which he ultimately gathered political and historical insight which, combined with his tools of persuasion and skills at leadership, made him at the time of his death arguably the most dangerous figure in this country’s history to confront its ruling class. For us, forty years later, Malcolm’s life is also informative: both about the destructive encounters that Africans, Asians, Latins, and indigenous peoples have had with this country, its culture and its history, and how deeply domestic

Life of Reinvention is an amazing work of investigation done by Manning Marable. He was a professor of history at Columbia University and studied the African-American history, political science and racial connection. Marable saw was a world seized by rivaling history of African-American self-determination and the fundamental reformers, primarily working-class and affected by the temper speech of Marcus Garvey who prioritized independence that was familiar with the idea of segregation. His experiences gave him the competence and the awareness to involve with the problems of the working-class Black society.

Throughout Malcolm’s childhood, he was always the social outcast. Many traumatic events shaped his perception on race early in his life. Malcolm’s father, a Baptist minister who promoted the teachings of Marcus Garvey, was believed to be killed by a white activist group called the Black Legion. Also, his house was burned down because the Little family lived in a white neighborhood. His mom was admitted into a mental hospital so he had to move into a juvenile home in a white neighborhood. All the negative events in his life had been caused by his race. Additionally, as a result, Malcolm was to transfer into a mostly white school, where, when he was elected class president, felt he was regarded by his classmates as a “poodle”. His race was to himself a curse that would always give him the disadvantage for never being seen as anything other that how he appeared, rather than be handed his accomplishments that he felt he deserved. His teachers at his school degraded his dreams, as

It all started when the whites murdered Malcolm’s dad and then the welfare agents institutionalized his mother. Not only did the whites cause his mom to have a mental breakdown, but also they separated him from his brothers and sisters. This had a negative impact on Malcolm’s view on white people; it led him to anger and frustration toward the white society for destroying his family. Since he was young, Malcolm learned that it did not matter how nice white people were to blacks, they would never see black people as their equals. To the whites, black people did not appear as human beings, but rather, they were more likely to be seen as a pet. “They didn’t give me the credit for having the same sensitivity, intellect, and understanding that they would recognize in a white boy,” said Malcolm (X, 28). As long as there were white people, nothing would ever change in

Human beings are not as perfect as we’d like to believe. We are constrained by our abilities, actions, knowledge, and death to live a life that can never reach its full potential. This concept of finitude plays a significant role in Malcolm X’s life and autobiography. X becomes aware of this aspect of the human condition at a very early age and it seems that he acts with this idea almost always in the back of his mind. Malcolm X does not live a conservative or docile life. He is determined to live his life to the fullest and by the end of the book, his only goal is to spread his thoughts and ideas as much as he can before his time on this Earth is up.

In Alex Haley’s autobiography The Autobiography of Malcolm X, tells the story of Malcolm X, a human rights activist, who went through the struggle of racial injustices such as throughout his life in both Lansing, Michigan, and Harlem, New York City. Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska where he experienced a lot of discrimination and in places he lived throughout his life such as Michigan, Boston, and New York. Before he became an activist, he underwent a series of phases that contributed to his character development such as being a hustler and a burglar, therefore, landing him in prison. But because he underwent various racial conflicts and oppression in his life, he becomes aware of racial differences through his childhood when the KKK threat his family, his time at his

On May 19, 1925 Malcolm Little was born to Louise and Earl Little. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Malcolm was the seventh of eleven children. Malcolm's father, Earl, was a Baptist minister from Reynolds, Georgia. His mother was raised in Grenada in the British West Indies. His father was also became an organizer for Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association. Marcus Garvey and his followers fought for racial separation and more power for blacks. Growing up, Malcolm's family moved a lot due to violence and prejudices aimed at his family. They finally decided to settle in Lansing, Michigan in the late 1920's. In 1929, the Little family's house was firebombed while the whole family was inside sleeping.

When Malcolm turned 15 he told his teacher he wanted to become a lawyer his teacher replied back and said “stick to something your people are good at and become a carpenter”. Hearing this opinion made young Malcolm drop out of school, and he decided to turn into a life of crime. Being black in America meant learning everyday that you are a problem for nothing more than being born with brown skin. You try to figure out how not to hate yourself while navigating in a society where some hate you. “...African Americans was not only necessary but also morally justifiable…” ("Malcolm X's Influence on the Black Panther Party's Philosophy",

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