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Malcom X (Also Known as Malcom Little)
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The civil rights movement during the 50’s and 60’s was a difficult and confusing time in American History. Perhaps one of the greatest misconceptions that came out of that time period was that Malcom X was a righteous civil rights hero; a belief that couldn’t be further from the truth. A close look at history shows that the majority of what he believed was both racist and anti-Semitic. Malcolm X advocated racial segregation and perpetuated black supremacy over all other races. Additionally, he saw violence as a way to solve problems and believed that peaceful race relations were foolish. Malcom X once even said that “history has proven that the white man is the devil.” Why is it that a …show more content…

The belief that all white people are untrustworthy, when based solely upon the actions of certain white people, is analogous to the notion that all blacks are evil due to the misdeeds of some blacks. It is illogical in my eyes to suspect a nation of treachery because of the actions of some.

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Malcom X thought that Black people should have sole control over Black communities, education, economics, social formation and politicians for the sake of strengthening those Black communities. He said: “integration will not work. It assumes that the two races, black and white, are equal and can be made to live as one. This is not true. The white man is by nature a devil and must be destroyed. The black man will inherit the earth; he will resume control, taking back the position he held centuries ago when the white devil was crawling around the caves of Europe on his all fours. “Malcom X says that integration will not work, because (according to him) blacks are better than whites and therefore must be separated. In truth, it is not possible to eliminate prejudice from the country by separating the education and government of its citizens into racial groups. When all men are governed, educated and respected equally, without reference to race, color, or any trait, …show more content…

“Dr. Martin Luther King on Malcolm X,” Philadelphia Tribune, January 12, 2001.

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“Perhaps it had something to do with my Cherokee great-grandmother–her grandparents survivors of the Trail of Tears–or with my own parents’ struggle to get out of the cotton field of Oklahoma–it’s hard to say now, but when Sara finished, I said, “I’m sorry for what happened to you, Mr. X, but Sara doesn’t speak for me. I really do not think I’m any more responsible for your troubles as a black man than you’re at fault for mine as a white woman.” And pointing at my freckled arm I said quietly, “I didn’t choose this skin, but it’s the only one I have and I’m afraid we’ll both have to make do with it”.”
Source D – Jacoby, Tamar. “Malcolm X,” Commentary (Feb 1993): 27+.

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“On 21 February 1965, just a few weeks after his visit to Selma, Malcolm X was assassinated. King called his murder a “great tragedy” and expressed his regret that it “occurred at a time when Malcolm X was…moving toward a greater understanding of the nonviolent movement” (King, 24 February 1965). He asserted that Malcolm’s murder deprived “the world of a potentially great leader” (King, “The Nightmare of Violence”). Malcolm’s death signaled the beginning of bitter battles involving proponents of the ideological alternatives the two men

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