On this day in 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated while speaking at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, NY.
Edit: In a conspiracy that involved federal, state and local officials, on 28 February 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated while speaking at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, NY.
El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (Malcolm X) Speaks on Celebrities and Separation at UC Berkeley (1963)
"I just told you a little while ago these 'leaders' that they called leaders. this
included (laughs) Lena Horne, this included Dick Gregory and this included comedians, comics, trumpet players, baseball players. Show me in the white community where a comedian is a 'white leader.' Show me in the white community where a singer is a 'white leader. Or a dancer or a trumpet player is a 'white leader', these aren't leaders. These are puppets and clowns that have been set up over the white community and- over the Black community by the white community and have been made celebrities and usually say exactly what they know that the white man wants to hear."
Stokely Carmichael and the Origins of "Black Power"
By TJ Love
Black Power. For Black folks, the meaning of the term is self evident. Black Power was here before any other rallying cry and it will always be the most relevant, impactful, unimpeachable, and sturdy ideal for us to strive for when all the catch phrases and hashtags in fade away.
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If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress.
If you pull it all the way out that's not progress. The progress is healing the wound that's below, that the blow made. And they haven't even begun to pull the knife out, much less pull, heal the wound...
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz better known as Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little) was a Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964, and then Malcolm founded the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU).
He was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the Black community. He urged the Black community to protect themselves against white aggression “by any means necessary.”
Malcolm X was born in Omaha, NE, on this date May 19, 1925.
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” - Malcolm X