Malcolm X would have turned 98 today. To celebrate, here’s a powerful clip of him explaining the importance of “so-called Negros” in the US identifying as AFRICANS.
It comes from his famous 1964 ‘Ballot or Bullet’ speech, in which he argued that voting rights are a potent weapon if exercised right - and that unity amongst Africans in America could be leveraged to force politicians to accept their demands and agenda once in office.
However, despite his rhetoric, he was also sceptical about how the election process could bring about racial justice for Africans in America. His speech was made in the same year as his trips to Africa, which gave him a greater understanding of the need to internationalise the struggle and connect it to the independence of continental Africans.
In 1964 he also set up the Organization of African Unity to strengthen the Pan-African bonds between Africans and Africans in America.
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