Malcolm X: The Last Speeches

"Any kind of movement for freedom of Black people based solely within the confines of America is absolutely doomed to fail."

Speeches and interviews from the last two years of Malcolm X's life.

Subject
historypoliticsbiography
Themes
african americanislampoliticsrace
Audience
adult

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