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Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements

Malcolm X

"Policies change, and programs change, according to time. But objective never changes. You might change your method of achieving the objective, but the objective never changes. Our objective is complete freedom, complete justice, complete equality, by any means necessary."--Malcolm X, December 20, 1964

Malcolm X Speaks collects the major late speeches of one of the most important leaders of our time, a man who was not only a champion of Black liberation and empowerment but also one of the greatest orators of the twentieth century. This long-celebrated book of Malcolm X's speeches from 1963 to 1965 is a testament to the enduring power of his extraordinary words. These speeches show his changing attitudes to the Nation of Islam, questions of segregation and integration, and the development of productive alliances with other groups in the battle for liberation. Now reissued with an introduction by the National Book Award-winning author of How to Be an Antiracist and Stamped from the Beginning Ibram X. Kendi, this edition of Malcolm X Speaks is a more-essential-than-ever volume in the literature of Black power.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Grove Press
  • Publish Date: Feb 20th, 2024
  • Pages: 272
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.40in - 0.90in - 0.60lb
  • EAN: 9780802160706
  • Categories: Cultural & RegionalCultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & BlCivil Rights

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About the Author

MALCOLM X (1925 - 1965) was a civil rights leader, human rights activist, and vocal champion for Black liberation in the United States.


GEORGE BREITMAN (1916 - 1986) was a founding member of the Socialist Workers Party. He published Malcolm X Speaks in 1965.

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Praise for this book

Praise for Malcolm
X Speaks
:

"No collection better shows Malcolm's brilliance as a speaker."--Ibram X.
Kendi

"In their pages one can begin to understand his power as a speaker and to
see the political legacy he left his people in its struggle for emancipation.
Over and over again in simple imagery, savagely uncompromising, he drove home
the real truth."--I.F. Stone, New York Review of Books

"Fascinating and provocative . . . He
must in the end receive what every important historical figure deserves: a
comprehensive examination of both word and deed. To do less would be to fail
ourselves, and the history Malcolm X so boldly helped to create."--Michael Eric
Dyson, New York Times