Malcolm X Speeches Books
"The Ballot or the Bullet" is the title of a public speech by human rights activist Malcolm X. In the speech, which was delivered on April 3, 1964, at Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, Malcolm X advised African Americans to judiciously exercise their right to vote, but he cautioned that if the government continued to prevent African Americans from attaining full equality, it might be necessary for them to take up arms. It was ranked 7th in the top 100 American speeches of the 20th century by 137 leading scholars of American public address. "It's time for us to submerge our differences and realize that it is best for us to first see that we have the same problem, a common problem — a problem that will make you catch hell whether you're a Baptist, or a Methodist, or a Muslim, or a nationalist. Whether you're educated or illiterate, whether you live on the boulevard or in the alley, you're going to catch hell just like I am." Malcolm X
Malcolm X Speaks contains the major speeches of one of the most important leaders of the Black revolution. Malcolm X was one of the great orators of our time, delivering countless speeches about the Black experience in America, police brutality, voting rights, and more. His work as an activist changed the course of the Civil Rights movement in the United States, and continues to heavily influence activists to this day. “All but one of the speeches were made in those last eight months of his life after his break with the Black Muslims when he was seeking a new path. In their pages one can begin to understand his power as a speaker and to see the political legacy he left his people in its struggle for emancipation. Over and over again in simple imagery, savagely uncompromising, he drove home the real truth.” –I.F. Stone, The New York Review of Books
Recounts the hidden history of the labor of people of African origin and their achievements.
"The imperialists know the only way you will voluntarily turn to the fox is to show you a wolf." In eleven speeches and interviews, Malcolm X presents a revolutionary alternative to this reformist trap, taking up political alliances, women's rights, US intervention in the Congo and Vietnam, capitalism and socialism, and more.
Examines the history of the Black people, the teachings of the Black Muslim religion, and the problem of civil rights in America
“Any kind of movement for freedom of Black people based solely within the confines of America is absolutely doomed to fail.” —Malcolm X Speeches and interviews from the last two years of his life. “The last speech in the book, made in Rochester, New York five days before his assassination, is a classic speech. In this speech, Malcolm makes a sweeping summary of his views, a virtual primer of his beliefs at their fullest point of development. Every student of Black liberation politics should be familiar with this speech, and therefore should own and thoroughly read this book.” —The Black Scholar
“The young generation of whites, Blacks, browns, whatever else there is—you’re living at a time of revolution,” Malcolm told young people in the United Kingdom in December 1964. “And I for one will join in with anyone, I don’t care what color you are, as long as you want to change this miserable condition that exists on this earth.” Four talks and an interview given to young people in Ghana, the UK, and the United States in the last months of Malcolm’s life. Also available in Spanish (ISBN: 9780873489614), French (ISBN: 9781604880335), Farsi (ISBN: 9789649045849), Greek (ISBN: 9789609819459). “… any sizable library serving Spanish-speaking young adults should include these titles.” —Críticas
Here in his own words are the revolutionary ideas that made Malcolm X one of the most charismatic and influential African-American leaders of the 1960s. These speeches document Malcolm's progression from Black nationalism to internationalism, and are key to both understanding his extraordinary life and illuminating his angry yet uplifting cause.
Top Speeches From Malcolm X The Ballot or the Bullet by Malcolm X April 3, 1964 Cleveland, Ohio Black Man's History by Malcolm X December 1962 Message to the Grassroots by Malcolm X November 10, 1963 Detroit, Michigan Speech at Ford Auditorium by Malcolm X February 14, 1965 (the day after his house was bombed) Detroit, Michigan