Malcolm X's Legacy to the Struggle for Black Equality in the Usa

What was Malcolm X’s legacy to the struggle for black equality in the USA?

Can we perceive Malcolm X as a martyr of human rights and as a devotee of justice? Malcolm X’s legacy to the struggle for black equality in the USA went far beyond focusing on solely equality. Malcolm X hardly forgot the fact that he was the ‘servant’ and not the ‘master’ of the black nation’s aspirations and dreams. Malcolm X resisted the objective of integration and encouraged blacks to build their own society. ‘We can never win freedom and justice and equality until we do something for ourselves’. He felt they should shield themselves against violence, ‘by any means necessary’. Malcolm X confronted the United States to protect its own hypothetical qualities. He held up a mirror for the country to scrutinize itself, now was the reflection showing too much for some white individuals in America?

Malcolm X still remains a powerful force and is marketed in countless business events and is fashionably labelled on clothing. His life and legacy can be seen via movies and documentaries, for example the famous film by Spike Lee. His popularity can be seen through poems, such as those of Sonia Sanchez who is a play writer and teacher and wrote a poet in contribute to Malcolm’s assassination. ‘He was the sun that tagged the western sky and melted tiger- scholars while they searched for stripes.’ This shows that Malcolm X was portrayed as the saving light in America’s ‘sky’ and that the Afro- American nation was saved by Malcolm, rather than the other preachers. Malcolm X advocated education, respect, freedom and equality. These things are natural to the structure of the elevated American Dream that at times seems indefinite.

The years between 1946- 1952 highlight Malcolm’s time in prison, which marked the beginning of astonishing alterations he experienced in exploring the truth regarding himself and his relation to firstly, black religion, unity and black freedom, as well as black...