Minister Malcolm X

The Death That Galvanized Malcolm X Against Police Brutality, by Peniel Joseph and Accompanying Fiery Speech in Los Angeles in 1962

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“On April 27th, 1962, Los Angeles police fatally shot Nation of Islam member Ronald Stokes. Officers mistook him and a group of Muslims removing clothes from a car outside a Los Angeles mosque for criminals. The conflict quickly escalated to a police raid inside the mosque, leaving a total of seven Muslims shot, one killed, and one paralyzed from a bullet wound to the back. Stokes’s death compelled Malcolm to engage in new dimensions of the black freedom struggle.” (From the article below)

In 1962, a confrontation with the LAPD outside a mosque resulted in the death of a Nation of Islam member. It was an event seized on by an outraged Malcolm X, who would condemn it in an impassioned speech..

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Malcolm X “The Ballot or the Bullet” King Solomon Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan – April 12, 1964 Speech and Text

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Note: “The Ballot or The Bullet” was a speech by Malcolm X mostly about black nationalism delivered April 12, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan. This speech is in the public domain. Originally obtained from the Vincent Voice Library at Michigan State University.

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Malcolm X: His Own Story as It Really Happen (1972 Documentary Film) and Autobiography of Malcolm X _ Alex Haley | eBook and Audiobook | with a Supplemental (NOI 1930-1996)

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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X with the assistance of Alex Haley

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Autobiography of Malcolm X_Audiobook

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SUPPLEMENTAL: NOI 1930-1996

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