anne moody vs. malcom x
...ny more. He was credited for the national expansion of the movement and the membership of the Nation. Malcolm started to receive public notice as a result of a television special, The Hate That Hate Produced, and a newspaper he started called Muhammad Speaks. Malcolm made a major impact on the Civil Rights Movement by spreading a message contrary to other black leaders. Malcolm’s involvement with the Nation was on of his most valuable traits at this time. He believed that Christianity was “the white mans religion.”(X, p.246) He stated in a speech that, “The greatest miracle Christianity has achieved in America is that the black man in white Christian hands has not grown violent.” (X, p.251) He believed that we needed to unite together form our own nation. He preached, “The American Negro has been entirely brain-washed from ever seeking or thinking of himself, as he should, as a part of non-white people’s world.” (X, p.352) He called the Southern ministers, “integration-mad Negroes”, and believed no sane black or white man wanted integration. (X, p.250) While under the watchful eye of the public Malcolm tried to share his opinions about how white people cut black people off from all knowledge of their own kind: language, religion, and culture, he wanted black people to know their identity. In 1964, he went on a pilgrimage to Mecca; he came back more determined on the race struggle in the United States, leaving open that whites could contribute. At that time he changed his name to El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. He had a heavy influence on youth; he traveled widely in Europe and Africa, modeling his Organization of Afro-American Unity after the Organization of Africa. He saw the black struggle as an extension of the effort of third world countries for human rights. He inspired people with his personal story of hustler to world-renowned leader, preacher of racial hatred, to an advocate of international brotherhood. He wanted blacks to educate themselves. At this point he became a Sunni Muslim, embracing all as brothers. He respected that Dr. Martin Luther King, who Moody followed, and he had the same goal yet was the choice of the people non-violence or violence. (X, p.385) Anne Moody chose non-violence; she chose to sit-in at Woolworth’s at the reserved white counter and demand service with two other blacks, a male and female. After many taunts and threats, an open display of hatred broke out. They had food dumped on them and were pulled off there stools. When a few other people came to sit with them, some white, some men from the crowd punched the men demonstrators in the face with brass knuckled. They also dragged Anne by her hair off the stool and across the floor. (Moody, p.264-267) Essie Mae Moody was born and raised in Centreville, Mississippi; she is the oldest of six brothers and sisters, two of whom are here full siblings. Essie’s father left there home when she was four years old. (Moody, p.25) She was forced to work when she was only nine years old to help her mother support her siblings. (Moody, p.43) She soon found out her boss let cats drink the milk she sold, so she told her mama and refused to drink it any longer. (Moody, p.44) This was the beginning to the wrong doings that white people did against black people and got away with. She worked for many white women over the years. They were all very good to her until she started to work for Mrs. Burke. Ms. Burke was a racist, and she would punish Anne in her own little ways. She worked for her daughter first, Mrs. Jenkins, who allowed Essie to call her Linda Jean. At this time, Emmett Till was murdered; he was a boy from Chicago, who was down visiting family, which allegedly whistled at a white woman and was killed. After having a conversation with a teacher that informed her of lynching, beatings, etc., she came to the conclusion that she began to hate people. (Moody, p.129) In her town blacks were down graded but she was taught that that was the way it was. That she should never say anything just go with the flow. She recognized in high school that people who don’t go with the flow get punished, like Emmett Till. During these days Samuel O’Quinn came home to visit and was murdered due to rumors he had joined the ‘NAACP.’ She wondered why but remembered hearing about them before from Mrs. Rice, her teacher. And soon also a family was burned a live in their home. From here Essie was interested to see what these people were about and what they spoke about. Essie finished high school, changing her name at graduation to Anne, she then went to junior college; when she finished she decided to continue and was able to attend Tougaloo College. At Tougaloo her roommate who served as secretary formally introduced her to the NAACP. (Moody, p.248) Soon after she fully involved at the point of saying, “We would like to be served” at the Woolworth’s counter. (Moody, p.264) Soon after that she was involved with everything the NAACP did. She was involved in many marches and demonstrations and even went to jail on account of this quite a number of times. At this point all Anne’s time was dedicated to the movement, even though her mother continuously begged her to stop. The white people treated the demonstrators like dogs; they were sprayed with water, attacked by dogs, and beaten like animals, through the trials. The Jackson Negroes had many people helping them Medgar Evans came to town, which built strength in the people’s hearts. After he ...