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Malcolm X Speeches
Top Speeches From Malcolm X The Ballot or the Bulletby Malcolm XApril 3, 1964Cleveland, OhioBlack Man's Historyby Malcolm XDecember 1962Message to the Grassrootsby Malcolm XNovember 10, 1963Detroit, MichiganSpeech at Ford Auditoriumby Malcolm XFebruary 14, 1965 (the day after his house was bombed)Detroit, Michigan
245 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 8, 2012
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Malcolm X
126 books3,181 followersMalcolm X (born Malcolm Little), also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an American Black Muslim minister and a spokesman for the Nation of Islam.
After leaving the Nation of Islam in 1964, he made the pilgrimage, the Hajj, to Mecca and became a Sunni Muslim. He also founded the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Less than a year later, he was assassinated in Washington Heights on the first day of National Brotherhood Week.
Historian Robin D.G. Kelley wrote, "Malcolm X has been called many things: Pan-Africanist, father of Black Power, religious fanatic, closet conservative, incipient socialist, and a menace to society. The meaning of his public life — his politics and ideology — is contested in part because his entire body of work consists of a few dozen speeches and a collaborative autobiography whose veracity is challenged. Malcolm has become a sort of tabula rasa, or blank slate, on which people of different positions can write their own interpretations of his politics and legacy.
After leaving the Nation of Islam in 1964, he made the pilgrimage, the Hajj, to Mecca and became a Sunni Muslim. He also founded the Muslim Mosque, Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Less than a year later, he was assassinated in Washington Heights on the first day of National Brotherhood Week.
Historian Robin D.G. Kelley wrote, "Malcolm X has been called many things: Pan-Africanist, father of Black Power, religious fanatic, closet conservative, incipient socialist, and a menace to society. The meaning of his public life — his politics and ideology — is contested in part because his entire body of work consists of a few dozen speeches and a collaborative autobiography whose veracity is challenged. Malcolm has become a sort of tabula rasa, or blank slate, on which people of different positions can write their own interpretations of his politics and legacy.
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January 21, 2018
Funny & abrasive & pithy
April 20, 2017
I'm a huge fan of Denzel Washington and after watching Malcolm X (the movie) and spending countless hours reading and youtubeing about him, I stumbled upon this bundle of his top speeches. I picked it up immediately and started reading it.
You know everyone keeps telling you that reading a book is always better than watching its movie adaptation, well, in this case it holds very true. The speeches shared in this book are raw and speak to you on a much different level. It is something that any adaption just cannot match. His words are inspiring and to be honest, I felt like I was listening to him right now. I know you guys would've probably already guessed this but anyway, I'm a huge fan of his ideas and in my honest opinion, the world could use some of these to cut down race discrimination.
You know everyone keeps telling you that reading a book is always better than watching its movie adaptation, well, in this case it holds very true. The speeches shared in this book are raw and speak to you on a much different level. It is something that any adaption just cannot match. His words are inspiring and to be honest, I felt like I was listening to him right now. I know you guys would've probably already guessed this but anyway, I'm a huge fan of his ideas and in my honest opinion, the world could use some of these to cut down race discrimination.
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