21 fev 1965 ano - Malcolm X assassinated

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The most charismatic Black Muslim was Malcolm X (the X stood for his African family name, lost under slavery). A spellbinding speaker, Malcolm X preached a militant separatism, although he advocated violence only for self-defense. “I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men,” he declared, “but I don’t believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn’t want brotherhood with me.” Hostile to mainstream civil rights organizations, Malcolm X referred to the 1963 March on Washington caustically as the “Farce on Washington.” He had little interest in changing the minds of hostile whites and saw strengthening the black community as a surer path to true equality.


Until his murder in 1965, Malcolm X was the leading proponent of black nationalism in the United States. A brilliant and dynamic orator, Malcolm had been a minister in the Nation of Islam for nearly thirteen years before he broke with the Nation in 1964. His emphasis on black pride and self-help and his unrelenting criticism of white supremacy made him one of the freedom movement’s most inspirational figures, both in life and well after his death.


In 1964, after a power struggle with founder Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X broke with the Nation of Islam. While he remained a black nationalist, he moderated his antiwhite views and began to talk of a class struggle uniting poor whites and blacks. Following an inspiring trip to the Middle East, where he saw Muslims of all races worshipping together, Malcolm X formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity to promote black pride and to work with traditional civil rights groups. His second act proved shockingly short, however. On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated while delivering a speech in Harlem. Three Black Muslims were later convicted of his murder.

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