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  1. Hi. My name is Chiara Tanner, and this is my
  2. author discussion presentation on Malcolm X.
  3. Yes, Yeah.
  4. Mm hmm.
  5. Yeah. First, I would like to begin by describing key
  6. events in Malcolm's early life.
  7. Malik was born in May of 1925 to his father,
  8. Earl, and mother, Louise.
  9. His father, Earl, became a minister of Omaha and Omaha,
  10. chapter president of Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association.
  11. During his early life, they moved around quite a lot,
  12. from Omaha to Milwaukee to Lansing in 1931 which is
  13. when Malcolm is six years old.
  14. Er Little is murdered, in which Malcolm later realizes, by
  15. the Clue Klux Klan.
  16. And in 1938 when Malcolm is now 13 years old,
  17. his mother, Louise Little, is diagnosed mentally ill, and Malcolm
  18. enters the world of foster care.
  19. After all these events, Malcolm is in and out of
  20. schools and homes, but manages to receive awards for being
  21. a straight a student.
  22. After moving to Detroit, he works a series of random
  23. jobs and becomes known as the Hustler, New York Red
  24. or Detroit Red.
  25. He received a draft notice and responsibly with a racist
  26. comment that he wanted to fight and kill all Japanese
  27. and whites.
  28. 1944 He makes his first appearance in court and his
  29. sentence performance in jail.
  30. Upon release, he returns to Boston, where he begins.
  31. The stealing screen is eventually caught after bringing in a
  32. watch to a pawn shop that was worth $1000 and
  33. is served with multiple charges, landing him in prison from
  34. 1946 to 1952.
  35. After Malcolm Sentence, he decides to focus on his learning
  36. and religious studies and becomes a well known leader as
  37. an appointed minister for the Nation of Islam.
  38. Since he was a prominent spokesperson, the FBI and other
  39. government agencies began to take a closer look into the
  40. operations he was conducting under the nation of Islam's umbrella.
  41. Once learning his mentor, Mohammed had been partaking, an unrighteous
  42. acts with women of the same faith.
  43. He leaves the Nation of Islam and found his own
  44. religion, known as Muslim Mosque incorporated After Malcolm redefined himself
  45. in this new religion, he speaks out at conferences about
  46. equal rights for all religions and was quickly made a
  47. target for assassination.
  48. And in 1965 he was shot 15 times on stage
  49. in Manhattan.
  50. However, his legacy for equal rights and social justice lives
  51. on forever, even after his passing.
  52. Yeah, yeah, In the next few sides, I would like
  53. to discuss the relationship of the class Tex provided Noren
  54. Anthology of African American literature and the specific themes that
  55. it presents that can be recognized throughout the life and
  56. events of Malcolm X for the first two.
  57. Freedom and Equality They're both a very prevalent theme throughout
  58. the entire duration of the text as it describes a
  59. different lives and autobiographies of early African American influential writers.
  60. These individuals lived through slavery and harsh racism and developed
  61. a passion and fighting for the freedom of the individuals
  62. that have previously been oppressed.
  63. Specifically, Malcolm X fought for African Americans and their treatment
  64. by whites.
  65. He actually changed his name from Malcolm Little to Malcolm
  66. X as a symbol of leaving behind any ties he
  67. held to slavery.
  68. Since the last name.
  69. Little came from his earlier days in slavery and endurance.
  70. This time period in which African Americans were enslaved to
  71. which they were freed, shows the everlasting endurance of their
  72. fight for civil rights leaders such as Malcolm X showed
  73. their perseverance through their lifetimes and the harsh childhoods they
  74. were able to lift and endure through.
  75. Malcolm basically became an orphan after his father's passing in
  76. Mother's Diagnosis, which sent him into foster care, then lived
  77. through imprisonment as a black man and was still able
  78. to overcome these obstacles and found one of the most
  79. influential civil rights movements ever seen in history.
  80. Yeah, and for identity.
  81. Early enslaved African American writers found it undeniably difficult to
  82. have their own identity and writing as they could not
  83. even see themselves as fully human.
  84. As time continues, these writers develop a sense of identity
  85. through the support they received by others by a chief
  86. being freedom movements.
  87. Malcolm X served as a leader in which others could
  88. relate with to realize their own self worth.
  89. Yeah, yeah, yeah, mhm.
  90. And then here I have incorporated some quotes from the
  91. Autobiography of Malcolm X from the Norton Anthology of African
  92. American Literature.
  93. The first quote says, I've never been one for inaction.
  94. Everything I felt strongly about, I've done something about.
  95. And I think this quote is clearly demonstrated through Malcolm
  96. X commitment to his fight against racism.
  97. as even after he has targeted for assassination.
  98. He continues to inspire African Americans to obtain their rights
  99. to freedom.
  100. And then the second quote, I like to discuss the
  101. state of his.
  102. Malcolm is speaking to a student and says, What color
  103. was Jesus?
  104. He was Hebrew, too, wasn't he?
  105. And as the state as this statement is situated at
  106. the very end of his autobiography, it remains one of
  107. the most heavy and impactful the thought that Jesus was
  108. not why it causes an upset.
  109. Many religions in the need to rethink how African Americans
  110. are treated also, I found it immensely interesting that Malcolm
  111. was one was the one to have made this statement
  112. since I found myself actually talking about this exact topic
  113. in many churches today.
  114. Yeah, mhm.
  115. And then here are my We're excited for the information
  116. presented. And thank you so much for listening to my
  117. author discussion about Malcolm X