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The Contributions
of Malcolm X
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The recent publication of Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by the late Dr. Manning Marable challenges us to clearly spell out the succinct contributions of our Shining Prince, Brother Malcolm X. Given the controversy surrounding this book, it is important that we not forget the tremendous impact Brother Malcolm had on the African Liberation Movement worldwide. Since
the untimely assassination of Malcolm X in 1965, movement forces throughout
the world have consistently commemorated his birthday. Malcolm X was
born on May 19, 1925 in It
was on February 21, 1965 that Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon
Ballroom in Malcolm
X is a man who should be studied carefully in our efforts to examine
a critical period in our history - the 1960s, for it was during this
period that Malcolm X became an internationally known and respected
African in Malcolm
X joined the Nation of Islam while in prison in 1952. After his release
in the mid 1950s, Malcolm X became a full–time minister for the Nation
of Islam, an organization that became one of the most important in the
history of African in Malcolm
X was a revolutionary who presented a model of Black manhood that shook
the world. When Malcolm X finally left the Nation of Islam, because
of internal differences, he decided to take his first trip to Mother
Africa. Malcolm spent five weeks in This
trip helped to reestablish our links with the movement to reclaim “ This trip and subsequent trips abroad helped Malcolm sharpen his understanding of the worldwide system of white supremacy as the number one enemy of African people throughout the world. This system of supremacy has not changed. After leaving the Nation of Islam, Malcolm began to broaden his organizing strategies by attempting to reach out and work with many of the more established civil rights organizations and movement tendencies to a common organizational vehicle. Malcolm began building this vehicle through his establishment of the Organization for Afro–American Unity (OAAU). Malcolm
felt that a United Front was the necessary mechanism by which the political
consciousness of African people in In the spirit of Malcolm, let us summarize his contributions:
So, on the one hand, Malcolm helped internationalize our struggle and on the other, he linked it up to the mass struggle and issues that faced our people in America. By taking this approach, Malcolm was able to provide a basis for the continued historical efforts to build worldwide African unity. BlackCommentator.com Columnist, Conrad W. Worrill, PhD, is the National Chairman Emeritus of the National Black United Front (NBUF). Click here to contact Dr. Worrill. |
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