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Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements » (1st Grove Weidenfeld Evergreen ed)

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Authors: George Breitman (Editor), Malcolm X, George Breitman
ISBN-13: 9780802132130, ISBN-10: 0802132138
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Date Published: January 1994
Edition: 1st Grove Weidenfeld Evergreen ed

Author Biography: George Breitman

Book Synopsis

These are the major speeches made by Malcolm X during the last tumultuous eight months of his life. In this short period of time, his vision for abolishing racial inequality in the United States underwent a vast transformation. Breaking from the Black Muslims, he moved away from the black militarism prevalent in his earlier years only to be shot down by an assassin's bullet.

	Foreword	vii
I.	Message to the Grass Roots: November 10, 1963, Detroit	3
II.	A Declaration of Independence: March 12, 1964, New York City	18
III.	The Ballot or the Bullet: April 3, 1964, Cleveland	23
IV.	The Black Revolution: April 8, 1964, New York City	45
V.	Letters from Abroad: April 20, 1964, Jedda, Saudi Arabia May 10, 1964, Lagos, Nigeria May 11, 1964, Accra, Ghana	58
VI.	The Harlem "Hate-Gang" Scare: May 29, 1964, New York City	64
VII.	Appeal to African Heads of State: July 17, 1964, Cairo, Egypt	72
VIII.	At the Audubon: December 13, 1964, New York City	88
IX.	With Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer: December 20, 1964, New York City	105
X.	At the Audubon: December 20, 1964, New York City	115
XI.	To Mississippi Youth: December 31, 1964, New York City	137
XII.	Prospects for Freedom in 1965: January 7, 1965, New York City	147
XIII.	After the Bombing: February 14, 1965, Detroit	157
XIV.	Confrontation with an "Expert": February 18, 1965, New York City	178
XV.	Last Answers and Interviews: A selection of statements made in interviews and meetings between November 23, 1964, and February 21, 1965, the last three months of Malcolm X's life	194