Bell Ringer 41408 Write a paragraph explaining your

Bell Ringer – 4/14/08 ►Write a paragraph explaining your reaction to the Hurricane Katrina documentary “When the Levees Broke”

What’s Ahead? ►Chapter 22 (1965 -1980) – Malcolm X, Integration, Muhammad Ali, MLK, Soul Music ►Chapter 23 (1980 -2004) – Black politicians, affirmative action, South African apartheid, reparations, HIV/AIDS ►Chapter 24 (The New Millennium) – Success vs. Poverty, incarceration, Hip-hop, reggae, rap, Afrocentricity, religion ►Student Presentations – African-American culture today

►Born Malcolm X Malcolm Little, grew up in Lansing, MI ►His family’s home was burned by Klan terrorists and his father was murdered by a white man ►Went to juvenile detention, quit school after 8 th grade, moved to Boston. A life of gambling, drugs, & burglary led him to prison for 6. 5 years ►Studied teachings of Elijah Muhammad of the Nation of Islam, renounced “slave name” of Little

Malcolm’s views ►The voice of northern urban ghettos ►Dismissed King’s message of redemption through brotherly love ►“Revolutions are based on bloodshed”

Life Change ►In 1964 he broke from the Nation of Islam & founded the “Muslim Mosque” organization ►After a pilgrimage to Mecca (Saudi Arabia) he denied the N of I doctrine that all white people are evil and began lecturing on civil rights ►Malcolm X was shockingly murdered by N of I assassins as he addressed an audience in Harlem

Homework ►Read Ch 22, Sn 1 (pgs 793 -802) ►Answer all questions & define key terms on page 793