This was also, unfortunately, the time that the assassinations of important leaders took place. ... Street marchers were no longer effective and the civil rights movement was breaking up (Chalmers 44). ... The 1960's also had many other people that were important to the development of the civil rights movement. ... Stokely Carmichael attended Howard University in 1960 and became active in the civil rights movement. ... Bobby Seale was the founder and leader of the Black Panther Party. ...

• Word Count: 2394
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• Grade Level: High School

Intro The civil rights movement was during times in which both men and women were being discriminated by the way they looked and what color they were. ... During that time from 1954 to 1991 there were many influential civil rights leaders who have lessened discrimination in the United States. ... Malcolm X was a militant black leader in the United States during the civil rights movement. ... While in prison, his brother Reginald visited him and told him of the nation of Islam, and the teachings of the leader and prophet Elijah Muhammad. ... He meet with many African leaders, and left an imp...

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• Grade Level: High School

Since King was exposed to the Du Bois style of the civil rights movement this could be the reason for trying to get the white people to help his cause. ... King's father was also involved in the civil rights movement. ... Local black leaders then asked King if he would be the new leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). ... In part of the speech he contrasted the "Negro Revolution- of the people of the civil rights movement and, his belief in the, "Black Revolution."" ... King was arrested in Selma Alabama, for protesting X went there to help the voting movement (Cone)...

• Word Count: 1782
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• Grade Level: High School

Since King was exposed to the Du Bois style of the civil rights movement this could be the reason for trying to get the white people to help his cause. ... King's father was also involved in the civil rights movement. ... Local black leaders then asked King if he would be the new leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA). ... In part of the speech he contrasted the "Negro Revolution- of the people of the civil rights movement and, his belief in the, "Black Revolution."" ... King was arrested in Selma Alabama, for protesting X went there to help the voting movement (Cone)...

• Word Count: 1781
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The intellectual commitment became the foundations of his actions as a civil rights leader. Just as King's commitment to nonviolence was based on the teachings of Jesus, so the rest of his participation in the civil rights movement was grounded in his Christian faith. ... Then those people introduce him to their leader, who is Elijah Muhammad. ...

• Word Count: 2128
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A leader of the Black arts movement, Baraka's numerous plays, poems, and essays inspired a generation of black folks to stand up because it was nation time (black Nation). ... Baraka dominated the black Arts movement in the late 1960's both as a theorist and artist. ... The Black Art movement was not only important to the Black National movement, but for other minority's art movements. ... Amiri Baraka was the leader of this movement. ... While Harlem Amiri was considered to be the leader if the Black arts movement. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Martin Luther King: Nonviolence Movement Dr. ... Lastly, the most influential thinker to his thought was Mohandas Gandhi and through philosophy of non-violence we began to see the creation of the strongest civil right leader. ... The movement of nonviolence seemed to taking its place in America during the time of Dr. ... However, along with fame and accolades came conflict within the movement's leadership. ... Martin Luther King is still consider as the black leader of a movement for black equality. ...

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After nearly two centuries of discrimination, African Americans took their first steps in achieving racial equality through the Civil Rights movement of the mid 50's and early 60's. Revolutionary incidents like the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the march on Washington were just a few of the major catalysts in what is known today as the greatest civil rights movement of all time. The leaders of this movement included the likes of prominent religious leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Both leaders shared the same desires for their people but they approached situations in differ...

• Word Count: 1892
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Black Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century pushed for and achieved different levels equality through its many prominent activists. ... The movement included passionate advocates for black equality such as Rosa Parks, Dr. ... He eventually contacted the group's leader Elijah Muhammad. ... He became a crucial leader for the NOI, as he inspired many blacks at large public rallies where many would attend. Eventually, he was assigned to be the prime minister and spokesperson for the NOI by his leader, Elijah Muhammad. ...

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Earl's teachings of Garvey's movement caused the whole family to be terrorized by the Ku Klux Klan. ... Minister Baines taught Malcolm about that Nation of Islam and caught his attention with the teachings of the leader of the organization, Elijah Muhammad. ... Malcolm gradually spoke to strangers on the street and under the guidance of Elijah Muhammad, Minister Malcolm X founded mosque temples in Boston, Philadelphia, Harlem, and other places that made national expansion of the movement possible. ... In 1957, he led his first civil rights movement by standing up for a black man...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Earl's teachings of Garvey's movement caused the whole family to be terrorized by the Ku Klux Klan. ... Minister Baines taught Malcolm about that Nation of Islam and caught his attention with the teachings of the leader of the organization, Elijah Muhammad. ... Malcolm gradually spoke to strangers on the street and under the guidance of Elijah Muhammad, Minister Malcolm X founded mosque temples in Boston, Philadelphia, Harlem, and other places that made national expansion of the movement possible. ... In 1957, he led his first civil rights movement by standing up for a black man...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Malcolm X, a civil rights leader in the 1960's believed that blacks and whites should be segregated. ... His father was a baptist minister and an outspoken follower of Marcus Garvey, the black nationalist leader of the 1920s who preached that all blacks should leave the US and go back to Africa. ... His gang "career" ended when he got into some trouble due to a bet with the gang leader. ... I also believe that he set the civil rights movement back because he "un-did" everything Mr. ...

• Word Count: 1424
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• Grade Level: High School

He evolved from a streetwise teenager, to a Muslim minister, and finally, a militant leader of thousands of people in the Nation of Islam. ... Muhammad Speaks became the official publication of the Muslim movement. ... Muhammad never officially announced that Malcolm was being thrown out of the movement. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Intrigued, Malcolm began to study the teachings of the Nation of Islam (NOI) leader Elijah Muhammad. ... The series explored the fundamentals of the Nation of Islam and Malcolm's rise and emergence as one of its great leaders. ... At the peak of the civil rights movement Malcolm's faith in the NOI was crushed when he discovered Elijah Muhammad (whom he considered a living prophet) was secretly having relations with as many as six women within the NOI. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This is where he changed from a religious leader to something more of an equal rights or human rights activist. ... Other black leaders for civil rights would talk down to Malcolm and his followers because they hated white people, and wanted them to fight for civil rights. ... He had many personal troubles also bothering him, such as when his younger brother Reginald was silenced and removed from the Muslim movement. ...

• Word Count: 1737
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Malcolm X or Malcolm Little has become one of the leading black movement leaders. He influenced a whole culture and race of people, and his teachings are still influential today. Malcolm lived through many major changes in his life, and each change helped to define his philosophy and his life. The t...

• Word Count: 1903
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School