Monday, September 29, 2014

How has the world benefited from Malcolm X?

Malcolm X was a black nationalist who claimed that African-Americans will never achieve equality in a society dominated by Christian whites.  He believed that black people needed to create their own institutions of business, education, and politics.  He preached that black people, when mobilized, could achieve great things.  This message of hope and pride was necessary for a minority population that was lacking both because of the centuries of mistreatment.  Malcolm's greatest impact was in changing the way that black people viewed themselves.  His influence on education and morality affected the black population.  He moved the civil rights movement to the left and spawned a more aggressive element.  White Americans feared this movement more than the nonviolent elements of the civil rights movement.  It is quite possible that fear motivated Congress to change in the form of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Act.  The world benefited from Malcolm X in that he was able to motivate African-Americans to achieve more and for white Americans to grant equality to all Americans.  

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