Malcolm X: Sample First Body Paragraph

Malcolm X “expressed the anger that lay deep within the souls of African American people” (Smith). Through his adult life he was a key contributor to the Civil Rights Movement, and he represented a more militant, combative, and aggressive approach to African American equality.­­ He transformed the leadership of the Nation of Islam, a group of African Americans who viewed white Christian Americans as evil people, and he urged his followers to separate themselves from white America. He revolutionized the Civil Rights Movement in America in the 1960’s (Kranz). In his book, Malcolm: The Life of the Man Who Changed Black America, Bruce Perry writes:

Malcolm X fathered no legislation. He engineered no stunning Supreme Court Victories or political campaigns. He scored no electoral triumphs. Yet, because of the way he articulated his followers’ grievances and anger, the impact he had on the body politic was enormous (Smith).