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- 121: Malcolm X
- ... Garvey, the Black Nationalist leader of the 1920s. The family moved to Lansing, Michigan, and when Malcolm was six years old, his father was murdered after receiving threats from the Ku Klux Klan. Malcolm's mother suffered a nervous breakdown and the welfare department took the eight children. Malcolm was sent first to a foster home and then to a reform school. ...
- 122: Is it Really Bad to Disobey?
- ... than Martin Luther King. He taught himself most things and received little schooling but became well known because of his determination. His dad's death was the result of the Ku Klux Klan burning his house down. Then his mother suffered a nervous breakdown and his family was split up. He was haunted by this early nightmare for most of his life. ...
- 123: Martin Luther King Junior
- ... was publicly opposed by local black Baptists. There, too, his marchers were met by mobs of whites, armed with clubs and led by uniformed neo-Nazis and members of the Ku Klux Klan. As for the war in Vietnam, most African-Americans felt that their own problems deserved priority and that the black leadership should concentrate on fighting racial injustice at home. ...
- 124: The Life of Malcolm X
- ... Philbert, Malcolm, Yvonne, and Reginald. Earl Little also had three children by a first wife: Ella, Earl, and Mary. Because of the father's advocacy for Garvey's movement, the Ku Klux Klan terrorized the whole family. To avoid any more harassment by these white racists, Little had to migrate with his family to Lansing, Michigan. It did not help. The white ...
- 125: The Autobiography of Malcom X
- ... Little also had three children by a first wife: Ella, Earl, and Mary. Because of the father’s advocacy for Garvey’s movement, the whole family was terrorised by the Ku Klux Klan. To avoid any more harassment by these white racists, Little had to migrate with his family to Lansing, Michigan. It did not help. The white racists of Lansing killed ...
- 126: Martin Luther King: Civil Rights Patriot
- ... was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He went on to launching his first major northern campaign in Chicago. Black Baptists were there opposing him, and a mob of club carrying Ku Klux Klan members and Neo-Nazis met his marchers. With all that he had said and done, on April 3, 1983 he said "I have been to the mountain top and ...
- 127: Martin Luther King
- ... Rights movement. Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia where the city suffered most of the racial discrimination in the South, and, in addition, the Ku Klux Klan had one of it's headquarters there. But it was his father, Martin Luther King Sr. who played an important role in shaping the personality of his son. M. ...
- 128: Martin Luther King
- ... Rights movement. Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia where the city suffered most of the racial discrimination in the South, and, in addition, the Ku Klux Klan had one of it's headquarters there. But it was his father, Martin Luther King Sr. who played an important role in shaping the personality of his son. M. ...
- 129: Violence Between Blacks and Whites
- ... heaven the White race are once more rulers of Memphis." In 1867 white fears became realized as blacks became enfranchised for the upcoming political convention. Supremeacy groups such as the Ku Klux Klan used violence to intimidate and influence potential voters from exercising their new right. Even Southern white sympathizers "had to be driven off, intimidated or slain". Lynching now became the ...
- 130: Two Views On The Confederate Flag’s Controversial Issue
- ... to provide a uniquely identifiable banner that would not be mistaken in battle. Over the years, the Confederate Battle Flag has, unfortunately, been adopted by hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and those who claimed responsibility for church bombings in the south. These hate groups have brought significant discredit to the Confederate Battle Flag. They have created a sector of ...
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