American Creed: Social Justice Movements

American Creed: Social Justice Movements

In his speech, Malcolm X spoke more about the equality of African Americans from all religions and social backgrounds, he began by emphasizing that he would not speak of anything that differentiates and divides the African Americans, but rather he would speak of that which would bring them together. Malcolm, through his speech showed the African Americans that in order to be influential voting would be as a bloc rather than through individuals. It is only through this system that they would influence the government. This is similar to the emphasis by the American creed on the “government of the people”. This statement has often been misquoted and misinterpreted for individual interests…