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Malcolm X speaks : selected speeches and statements / edited with prefatory notes by George Breitman.

X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 (Author). Breitman, George. (Added Author).

Summary:

"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." -- Amazon.

Record details

ISBN: 0802132138 (paperback)
ISBN: 9780802132130 (paperback)
Physical Description: viii, 226 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First Grove Weidenfeld Evergreen edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Grove Weidenfeld, [1990]
Copyright: 1965

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

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.