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AverageJoe90

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8. Malcolm X was a man who was initially quite racist.....but he chose to reform after a stay in Mecca.

Reply to H2O Man (Original post)

Mon May 19, 2014, 07:40 PM

May 2014

And then he became a genuine Civil Rights advocate just like MLK had always been. And then just a few months later, TPTB had him killed; because then, due to that one vital change he made, now he was a legitimate threat to them.

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Malcolm X Day [View all] H2O Man May 2014 OP

Happy Malcolm X Day to you. 1StrongBlackMan May 2014 #1

I had that book assigned gollygee May 2014 #2

Thank you for the post. Pacifica Radio Archives has a 6-cd set of several of LoisB May 2014 #3

...... H2O Man May 2014 #4

K&R#10 n/t bobthedrummer May 2014 #5

I read the autobiography in '68, same year I read 'Soul on Ice' by Eldridge Cleaver, another panader0 May 2014 #6

Malcolm was a good man. Mc Mike May 2014 #7

Malcolm X was a man who was initially quite racist.....but he chose to reform after a stay in Mecca. AverageJoe90 May 2014 #8

Ditto malaise May 2014 #9

A Happy Malcolm X Day to you, H20 Man! countryjake May 2014 #10