The Final Blog: A Comparison between Washington and Malcom X
Malcom X, and Booker T. Washington, 2 influential black men of their time, have led different lives from one another, yet have a few similar aspects to them that I wish to discuss in this final blog . As I'm sure you remember, Washington was born as a slave, but as an adolescent (somewhere around 6~9 years old) he and his family were emancipated. Following some basic education, and rather grueling labor, he dons a surname: Washington. As he grew older, eventually he ventures by himself to seek higher education, encountering many struggles along the way. With little clothes, food, and money, he makes it to the school, and essentially becomes a custodian in order to be there as a student as well. Malcom X, born Malcom Little, spent his adolescent years hopping from foster home to foster home (mother in hospital, father died). He was imprisoned, as he had been a street hustler in his youth, yet soon joined the Nation of Islam, changing his outlook on life, and changing surnam...
