Black supremacy

In “Be Like Mike? Michael Jordan and the Pedagogy of Desire,” Michael Eric Dyson explores Michael Jordan’s impact on African American culture and society. He discusses Michael Jordan’s success as an athlete calling him, “perhaps the best, and best known, athlete in the world today” (1). He also points out his role as a positive influence, and a success in both marketing and business, specifically referring to his impact in the “sneaker” world. The audience for this article is specifically…

primary source. It is also written by Alex Haley, an African American journalist who ghostwrote Malcolm’s autobiography based on more than 50 in depth interviews with Malcolm. The purpose of this document is to detail Malcolm’s philosophy on black nationalism, black pride, and his conversion to Islam. It also gives the reader an insight into his childhood and adult life. It helps a historian understand Malcolm’s life and reasons for conversion to Islam. This source’s content is valuable…

Ella was a woman who would work hard and would fight for what she believed in as well. She would come over as a woman who was proud to be black and she didn’t care who had a problem with it. She would some of her family to Boston to help them get up off their feet and start their life from scratch. Ella would convince Malcom to come to Boston with her, where she would help him get off his…

Malcolm X, a great man who inspired many people, was not always an educated man. He had his struggles and inspirations like many other people, but what he did to overcome his struggles, and his self-driven attitude, made him an inspiration to others. Plato was a great philosopher who used inspirational and elaborate methods to describe perseverance. In addition, Plato explains how to pursue difficult obstacles in life to achieve enlightenment. In order to overcome challenges in life, one must be…

The international political thinking of Thabo Mbeki 1. Biographical particulars Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born on the 18th of June 1942 in Idutywa, Transkei, to Govan and Epainette Mbeki, whom were educators and activists. Thabo spent lengthy periods away from home, and was often raised by extended family and friends because Govan, as a prominent figure of the African National Congress, was concerned that they might be arrested by Apartheid police. Thabo also became politically active when he…

America as many did in order to find a better opportunity to raise their family. Upon asking her what her take on American history is, we got to talking longer and discovered that her favorite American History movie is Malcolm X. She reflected on what black history and religion in the movie meant to her, and how it relates to America from its creation to its current state. At the end of the interview, her ultimate view was that Malcolm X and his change from the beginning of his journey to the…

Tutu began to grow frustrated with racism growing throughout South Africa. After being taken over by National Party 1948, the government passed a law in 1953 Bantu Education Act, a law that lowered the standards of education for black South Africans to ensure that they only learned what was necessary for a life of servitude. In 1957, Tutu gave up his job as a teacher. After his teaching years, Tutu began studying theology, which lead him to becoming a priest. Tutu furthered his…

The Greatest Muhammad Ali experienced injustice at one of his earliest times as a boxer for the U.S. (“Muhammad Ali”, 2000). This made him make a decision that could have jeopardized his career. Muhammad Ali used his privileged fame and success from boxing to show people a world where anyone can feel comfortable about speaking about important topics, even if it affects their image. As a kid, Ali was always very curious, asking questions about the limited amount of racial diversity in the Bible,…

country frequently and was always subjected to acts of discrimination. His father Earl Little was a Baptist minister who was very involved in the fight for equality. Due to this early activism, the Little family received many death threats from the Black Legion, a secret vigilante terrorist group and a white supremacist organization. When the family moved to Michigan, their house was burnt down and Earl was murdered a couple of years later. Both cases were ruled as an accident but it set the…

Society decided that the color of a child’s skin affected both his intelligence, and ability to do almost anything. The Black Legion, a racist group, killed his father, Earl Little. After his mother took his father’s death badly, the state took her and put her into the mental health ward of a hospital. Malcom went through a series of homes since both his parents were absent…