Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements

Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements

Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements

Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements

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Overview

“Policies change, and programs change, according to time. But objective never changes. You might change your method of achieving the objective, but the objective never changes. Our objective is complete freedom, complete justice, complete equality, by any means necessary.”—Malcolm X, December 20, 1964

Malcolm X Speaks collects the major late speeches of one of the most important leaders of our time, a man who was not only a champion of Black liberation and empowerment but also one of the greatest orators of the twentieth century. This long-celebrated book of Malcolm X’s speeches from 1963 to 1965 is a testament to the enduring power of his extraordinary words. These speeches show his changing attitudes to the Nation of Islam, questions of segregation and integration, and the development of productive alliances with other groups in the battle for liberation. Now reissued with an introduction by the National Book Award-winning author of How to Be an Antiracist and Stamped from the Beginning Ibram X. Kendi, this edition of Malcolm X Speaks is a more-essential-than-ever volume in the literature of Black power.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780802160706
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Publication date: 02/20/2024
Pages: 272
Sales rank: 438,420
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

MALCOLM X (1925 – 1965) was a civil rights leader, human rights activist, and vocal champion for Black liberation in the United States. 

GEORGE BREITMAN (1916 – 1986) was a founding member of the Socialist Workers Party. He published Malcolm X Speaks in 1965.

Table of Contents

Forewordvii
I.Message to the Grass Roots: November 10, 1963, Detroit3
II.A Declaration of Independence: March 12, 1964, New York City18
III.The Ballot or the Bullet: April 3, 1964, Cleveland23
IV.The Black Revolution: April 8, 1964, New York City45
V.Letters from Abroad: April 20, 1964, Jedda, Saudi Arabia May 10, 1964, Lagos, Nigeria May 11, 1964, Accra, Ghana58
VI.The Harlem "Hate-Gang" Scare: May 29, 1964, New York City64
VII.Appeal to African Heads of State: July 17, 1964, Cairo, Egypt72
VIII.At the Audubon: December 13, 1964, New York City88
IX.With Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer: December 20, 1964, New York City105
X.At the Audubon: December 20, 1964, New York City115
XI.To Mississippi Youth: December 31, 1964, New York City137
XII.Prospects for Freedom in 1965: January 7, 1965, New York City147
XIII.After the Bombing: February 14, 1965, Detroit157
XIV.Confrontation with an "Expert": February 18, 1965, New York City178
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 life194
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