Malcolm X
A look at the lessons we can learn from the life of one of the most prominent and impactful Muslims ever to have lived in the West that still inspires millions worldwide today.
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A look at the lessons we can learn from the life of one of the most prominent and impactful Muslims ever to have lived in the West that still inspires millions worldwide today.
This is a concierge. she's working the desk and she's afraid somebody's going to take her health care away. what am i supposed to say to that? i had no answer for her. this is not a campaign trail. this is real. nothing i can say. i said, you know what, wii haveo hope they'll look at all the people who may lose it and have a change of heart and really put to work the wheels of power to say, maybe we shouldn't do that. but i had nothing to say to the political immaturity that goes on in this country, when day talk about women -- we all need to bring it up, malcolm x., it's the ballot or the bul...
Here she working with malcolm x., the secular branch of his two-pronged approach to transformation of black america after he left the nation of islam. and they were intending to take the united states of america to the united nations and hold it accountable for its genocide dal impulses towards franklin people around the world, but especially in america. she also worked with martin luther king jr. byron ruston got her to become the northern coordinate for voter registration and the like because they were deeply invested in the transformation of black america. this is a woman who was able to de...
Malcolm x create a foundation. called organization of afro american community. his proposal included taking the plight of the african-americans to the united nations and asking the world council to intercede on the part of beleaguered blacks. the idea was so stimulating, i persuaded myself i should return to the states. david chappelle imagines the anger she must have felt after her friends, malcom x and martin luther king, jr. were assassinated. angelou explains why it's okay to be anger. >> if you're not angry, you're either a stone or you're too sick to be angry. you should be angry. >> but...
And a challenge we all have to take very, very seriously, particularly in the 21st century, where political discourse is so polarized and so infused with anger and bitterness, right? but, remember, dr. angelou comes from a certain tradition. and the generation of people with whom she was interacting, i mean, direct interaction with dr. king, direct interaction with malcolm x., you know, jimmy baldwin talks to her about writing and focusing on her writing to publish her first book. direct interactions with giovanni. think about the cadre of people who were around her, who she worked, who she in...