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Essay / Malcolm X and the Muslim Mosque Inc. - 2033
In 1964, Malcolm Islam, Malcolm After returning to the United States, he had a different view of white people, and some were willing to help his cause. After his return, he founded the Organization for Afro-American Unity (OAAU), whose primary concern for Malcolm X in 1964 was establishing ties with black activists. The OAAU was "a potential source of ideological guidance for the most militant veterans of the Southern civil rights movement." .” ("Martin Luther King Jr: Research and Education Institute") A month and a half before Malcolm X's assassination, on December 31, 1964, he gave a speech "Advice to the Youth of Mississippi." Thirty-seven teenagers from McComb, Mississippi, took a trip to New York sponsored by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In this article, I will analyze the speech "Advice to Mississippi Youth" using Larson's, "Tools for Motivation and Emotion", three of Saul Alinsky's Thirteen Tactics and Alinsky's theory, "A word on”. Needs are the first process. premise in “The tools of motivation and emotion”. Needs are defined as critical needs, things we cannot live without, such as food, water, clothing, and shelter or non-critical; things that we can get along without but want, for example, the approval of others. (Larson) Malcolm X needs security, he wants true freedom and equality for all. In his speech he said: We believe that if the government says that black people have the right to vote, and some black people go out and vote, and that some kind of K...... middle of paper.. ...In the end, that's what murdered him, those who thought he should be stopped ended his life. Works Cited Alinsky, Saul. Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Introduction for Radical Realists. New York: Vintage Books: A division of Random House Inc., 1989. 48-62, 126-164. Print.Larson, Charles. Persuasion: Welcome and Responsibility. 13th edition. Boston: Wadsworth, 2013. Print. “Malcolm X (1925-1965). » The Martin Luther King Jr: Research and Education Institute. The King Center, nd Web. April 23, 2014. .The official Malcolm X. The Estate of Malcolm X, nd Web. April 23, 2014. .X, Malcolm. “Advice to Mississippi Youth.” Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. New York, New York City. December 31, 1964. Speech.