Malcolm X Malcolm X was one of the black African Americans who helps with the civil rights. Malcolm X was also known by the name El-hajj Malik El-Shabbazz. ... The autobiography of Malcolm X in 1965 published after his assassination. Later Malcolm X was born as Malcolm Little in Omaha, Nebraska. ... He dropped his last name and considered a slave name and became Malcolm X. ...
She's especially well known for her string of powerful autobiographies depicting the rich yet tumultuous journey of her life. ... She was also involved in the African American Expatriate community and this is when she became acquainted with Malcolm X. Angelou returned to the United States in 1965 with Malcolm X to help him establish a new civil rights organization, "The Organization of Afro-American Unity". Malcolm was assassinated a short time afterward as he prepared to address members of his organization in a Manhattan ballroom. ... It was also in this year that Maya Angelo wrote th...
While she was studying in Ghana she met with Malcolm X and from there on she helped him build his organization. When she came back from Ghana to the U.S, Malcolm X was assassinated and the organization she was helping him build faded away. Not only did she meet and helped Malcolm X, but she became the Northern Coordinator for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. ... There have been some critics that have labeled them as autobiographies. ... Angelou was known for her autobiographies and her well-written poems (http://mayaangelou.com/bio/ ). ...
She has written an autobiography, and has been mentioned in and had countless books written about her. ... When compared to the leadership style of Malcolm X; who questioned the ideas of integration and racial equality, Rosa Park's ideas differ greatly. Malcolm X believed in black separatism, black pride, and black self-dependence. ...
(King, 1994) Maya Angelou wrote her first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, a memoir of her childhood and young adult period, in 1969, toward the end of the Civil Right Movement. ... She was proud to be introduced to entertainers, actors, singers and activists such as Malcolm X and Dr. ...
