I think that Malcolm X was the most remarkable historical figure produced by Black America in the 20th century.

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There is no direct evidence that [Alex] Haley sat down with the F.B.I.

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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.

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What Malcolm X did not know is that back in 1962, a collaborator of Alex Haley, fellow named - a journalist named Alfred Balk had approached the F.B.…

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[Malcolm X] shared with Marcus Garvey a commitment to building strong black institutions. He shared with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a commitment to…

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At the heart of the fractured soul of America is the frightening chasm of race.

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Malcolm's X objective was actually to reingratiate himself within the Nation of Islam, that because he had emerged by the early 1960s as a very promi…

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Anne Romaine [ is ]folk singer and a skillful historian, even though she was not formally trained in the field [of Malcolm X].

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Malcolm X is a person who has inspired - he has been the muse of several generations of black cultural workers, artists, poets, playwrights.

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