To' Joy My Freedom
After reading Tera Hunter’s book, To ‘Joy My Freedom, it becomes very obvious that Malcolm X did not originate the belief of, “by any means necessary”. African Americans had this mind set from day one of their freedom. It was by any means necessary that African American men and women sought out to gain respect and happiness. Hunter gives many examples of the methods and strategies used in this pursuit. African Americans came together in the south as one large community and fought against injustice. Blacks organized protests, formed secret societies and trade organizations, resorted to leisure activities, and migrated to escape the harsh conditions of the south. First of all, as a means of gaining respect and happiness African Americans protested through strikes. One example of a strike involved the laundry workers in Jackson, Mississippi. The women were fed up with the low wages that they were receiving. They complained that the wages were not enough for them to carry on honest and decent lives. ‘“The present high prices of all the necessaries of life”, the petition read, “and the attendant high rates of rent, while our wages remain very much reduced,” made it “impossible to live uprightly and honestly”’(75). It was o
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Approximate Word count = 1437
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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