Lesson 8: Malcom X

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Prejudice

Chapter 2

Year 2

2024-2025

Program lesson 7

1. Welcome!

2. Assignment

3. Malcom X

4. Nation of Islam

5. Black Panther movement

6. Continue writing speech

Due date Speech

Thursday 17th of October

Assignment: The meaning of your name​

• Does your name have a meaning? Do you know why your parents gave you this name?​
• Do you know the origin of your surname? What does it tell about your family background? ​
• Do you like your name or would you change it if you could? 

"By any means necessary”

Malcom X

Page 30-31

Malcom Little (1925-1965)​

• Troubled childhood, father killed by white supremacists, involved in petty crime and incarcerated
• Conversion to Nation of Islam
• X -> he did not want to keep his slave name​
• Involvement civil rights movement
• Post-Hajj Transformation

"By any means necessary”

From 12:21

Nation of Islam

• Black, nationalist religion (founded in 1930 by Wallace Fard Muhammad)​
• Fight 
• Separate state for black people​
• White people are considered devils
• Improve position of black people in the U.S. ​

Opposite of Martin Luther King​

The Nation of Islam teaches a version of Islam that differs from mainstream Sunni or Shia Islam, with particular emphasis on race-related theology and the rejection of many conventional Islamic practices

Debate: Malcolm X vs. Martin Luther King Jr. 

One side will argue from the perspective of Malcolm X, and the other will represent Martin Luther King Jr.

Each side will debate which approach (more militant and assertive vs. peaceful and nonviolent resistance) was more effective during the civil rights movement.

- Find the right information and historical evidence

- Use quotes from both men

- Prepare for debate 

Malcolm X: “By any means necessary.”

Martin Luther King Jr.: “Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon.”

Read page 30-31 and make 1 and 4

Finish this class.

Step 2: Biography Discussion (15 minutes)

Divide the students into small groups and assign each group a different phase of Malcolm X's life:

Early Life: Discuss his troubled childhood, the death of his father, and his involvement in crime, which led to imprisonment.

Nation of Islam Period: Focus on his rise as a spokesman for the Nation of Islam, emphasizing black nationalism and separation.

Post-Hajj Transformation: Highlight his pilgrimage to Mecca, which led him to change his views about race, promoting unity and peace among different races.

Each group can use short excerpts from "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" to guide their discussion. After 10 minutes, have each group present their findings to the class.

A black nationalist religion[12] and an African-American religion,[13] it seeks to reclaim what it regards as the historic Islamic identity of African Americans.[14] Its members have been called "Black Muslims",[15] and its second leader, Elijah Muhammad, stated that "Islam is the natural religion of the Black Nation."

Legacy

Inspiration for founding of Black Panthers

Who/What/When

• Founders: Huey Newton & Bobby Seale
  
• Founded in 1966
• Initially began with monitoring police in black communities.
• Ten point program

october 66 cite state and local law that permitted them to carry loaded weapons 1967 national attention

loaded firearms into California state assembly in protest of a law that would make carrying loaded firearms illegal

full employment, decent housing end to police brutality education for African Americans justice within the court system

Questions

1. Why did Malcom X change his name?​
2. What where key ideas of Nation of Islam? Name 3. ​
3. Which famous sportsman was also a member of Nation of Islam?​
4. A famous quote by Malcom X is "By all means necessary." What does this sentence mean?

Read page 30-31 and make 1 and 4

Finish this class.