Malcom Little: A Civil Rights Activist

Ralph D. Abernathy was born on March 11, 1926 in Alabama in a small town called Linden. He grew up around a church and became a minister, who with Martin Luther King Jr, organized the historical Montgomery bus boycott. He co-founded the S.C.L.C and was a major civil rights figure, serving as a close mentor for Mr. King and later to be the S.C.L.C president. Later returning to the be a minister.

His protesting didn’t start when the Civil Rights Movement started; it started with his rough childhood. He was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born with the name Malcolm Little. His mother was Louise Norton Little. She was a homemaker occupied with the

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Benjamin Chavis Muhammad is an African American civil rights leader. He was born on 22 January, 1948 in Oxford, North Carolina. He has taken his last name Muhammad sometime later in his life. His parents were Benjamin Chavis Sr. and Elisabeth Chavis. He was the only son of his parents among his three siblings. He did his schooling from the orphanage of colored people in North Carolina, where his mother worked as a teacher. Chavis became the member of National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at the age of twelve. Chavis is married to Martha Rivera Chavis and has eight children.

Walter White was one of the outstanding civil rights leaders in America between 1920 and 1955. He joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1918 and almost immediately became its chief investigator of lynching. Because of his blue eyes and blonde hair, he could easily pass for Caucasian. But instead, he chose to go through life as a black man.

Born in Mississippi, Medgar Evers was a lead activist in the Civil Rights Movement, as he was the most well known civil rights activist in Mississippi he was big target to those who disagreed and hated anyone fighting for civil rights. A World War 2 veteran, he served for approximately three years and then received an honorable discharge in 1946. Met and later married Myrlie Beasley as an outcome of attended Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College. They went on to have three children. After graduating he moved to Philadelphia Mississippi and worked as an insurance salesman. Both him and his brother Charles Evers worked with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The same year of the Supreme Court ruling of Brown

“The bottom line is, people have a right to live their lives even if it doesn’t match what you think is correct. When we fight for civil rights, we must fight for equality for all; anything less is hypocrisy and an insult to the definition of justice itself.” Rev. Al Sharpton is a long time civil rights leader, minister, talk show host, and even has been known to give president Obama advice on civil rights issues. Sharpton’s article is set up by touching on unfair transgender laws in North Carolina, statements made by U.S. representatives, and the civil rights movement as a whole. He limits the article the time period beginning in the civil rights movement. Ding this allows the reader to only think about civil rights from a more progressive mindset. Sharpton does this all from his view. Due to his experience as a civil rights leader he speaks about the movement from a stronger perspective than most.

Revolution, “a sudden, complete or marked change in something” (Dictionary.com). The Civil Rights Movement sparked a reaction in the country. The idea of allowing African Americans full rights and privileges left white Americans to brutalize and discriminate. “In 1954, Medgar Evers became the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi.” He was a civil rights activist that “fought to end the racial injustice he experienced growing up in the South.”(Biography.com). He was later murdered by a member of the KKK, but died in the fight for freedom. It takes people to believe, to follow, and to start a revolution.

MALCOLM X Born Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19, 1925, Malcolm X was the son of a Baptist minister, who was an avid supporter of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association. While living in Omaha, the family was often harassed - at one point the family's house was set afire. In 1929 the

Malcolm X, an African American leader and prominent figure in the Nation of Islam, was a significant individual in the African American fight for justice and equality. In contrast to the mainstream Civil Rights Movement with its nonviolent pursuit of integration, Malcolm X voiced concepts of race pride and Black Nationalism during the 1950s and '60s. Although many argue that Malcolm X did not actually “do” anything for the black community, his nontraditional programs brought a new perspective to the Civil Rights Movement, and this perspective is of relevance today in the black community.

Malcolm Little was born in Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925. He was not as fortunate as Martin Luther King Jr. was while growing up. Malcolm X was one of eight children with two loving parents, but later on died. He was more so a lecturer about segregation than an orator from the Islamic point of view. The humor that flowed throughout all his speeches had underline meanings that were equally as serious as Martin Luther King Jr. made his speeches seem.

Click Slide. Because of this, more and more people started to hear and know about Malcolm X, therefore causing a burst in fame. Many people disagreed with Malcolm X, and in public would talk down to him. Ironically, this outrage from the world and the U.S. further popularized the beliefs and intentions of Mr. Little.

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Martin Luther King jr. was one of the most influential persons of the 20th Century. He is the father of the modern civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is recognized around the world as a symbol of freedom as well as peace. King practiced everything that he preached, he did not preach or speak values that he himself did not follow. He established himself as a pastor that was not afraid of hard work, guiding the middle-class congregation to public service. For example, Peake, Thomas R. author of "Martin Luther King, Jr.” states, “He encouraged his parishioners to help the needy and to be active in organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)”. I think that kings motivation

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