Born May 19, 1925 Assassinated February 21,1965 Malcolm X In His Own Words: By Any Means Necessary

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Born May 19, 1925 Assassinated February 21,1965 Malcolm X In His Own Words: By Any Means Necessary

MALCOLM X: BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

Malcolm X, June 1964

Here is an 8 Minute Excerpt from Malcolm's "By Any Means Necessary" Speech:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkTnUxLjO2E&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blackagendareport.com%2F&feature=player_embedded

"... by any means necessary. That's our motto. We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary."

"We won't organize any black man to be a Democrat or a Republican because both of them have sold us out."

"Those who claim to be enemies of the system were on their hands and knees waiting for Johnson to get elected because he's supposed to be a man of peace; and he has troops invading the Congo right now and invading Saigon ...."

"This political, economic, and social system of America was produced from the enslavement of the black man and that particular system is capable only of reproducing that out of which itself was produced."

"No, you have got no friends in Washington, D.C.... You've got friends in Africa, friends in Asia, friends in Latin America."

" thing that I would like to impress upon every Afro-American leader is that no kind of action in this country is ever going to bear fruit unless that action is tied in with the overall international struggle."

(In one of his speeches, Malcolm read the founding statement of the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU) which he led, adding his own comments. Malcolm didn't write the statement himself; it was developed by a committee of the new group.)

" 'A first step in the program to end the existing system of racist education is to demand that the 10 percent of the schools the Board of Education will not include in its plan be turned over to and run by the Afro-American community itself.'"

" 'The community must ... wage an unrelenting struggle against police brutality.'"

"Wherever you have organized crime, that type of crime cannot exist other than with the consent of the police, the knowledge of the police and the cooperation of the police.... pay the police off so that they will not get arrested. I know what I'm talking about - I used to be out there."

" 'We propose to support and organize political clubs, to run independent candidates for office, and to support any Afro-American already in office who answers to and is responsible to the Afro-American community.' We don't support any black man who is controlled by the white power structure."

"The imperialists know the only way you will voluntarily turn to the fox is to show you a wolf."

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Tue May-19-09 08:35 PM
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1. Every line of that could be read tomorrow and be just as true.

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Tue May-19-09 09:31 PM
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2. What would Malcom X think of Obama?

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