Tues., April 27 :: Civil Rights :: Black Power
Read
- Malcolm X, “The Ballot or the Bullet” — your textbook, pages 392-405
Extra credit recommendation:
- Stokely Carmichael, “Black Power” — your textbook, pages 441-452
Watch
It’s worth getting a flavor of Malcolm X in person. Watch these select videos:
Malcolm X criticizes the tactics of nonviolence and integration:
Interview with Jim Hurlbut
Interesting to see the interactions in this talk show. (3:57)
Integration or Separation? Debate with James Farmer
“Why should the black man wait for legislation to prove his humanity and equality?” (3:41)
Not Getting Emotional but Getting Intelligent
Malcolm X against turning the other cheek
Malcolm X: “No one made a better pronouncement than Abraham Lincoln made 100 years ago, and that still hasn’t been put into practice.”
Extra Credit
Malcolm X criticizes Elijah Mohammed for violence against his own people
“I Probably Am a Dead Man Already”
Malcolm X discusses the religious impulse of the Black Nationalist movement.