MALCOLM X | The Ballot or the Bullet | Full Movie / Full Speech (2022) 4K (145 Languages)
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Malcolm X first delivered his public speech, “The Ballot or the Bullet,” on April 3, 1964, at Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio. He also presented the same speech with minor revisions nine days later in Detroit, Michigan, on April 12th.

Human rights activist Malcolm X advised African Americans to exercise their right to vote judiciously. “The Ballot or the Bullet” was ranked 7th in the top 100 American speeches of the 20th century by 137 leading scholars of American public address.

“The Ballot or the Bullet” served several purposes at a critical point in Malcolm X’s life: it was part of his effort to distance himself from the Nation of Islam and to reach out to moderate civil rights leaders. At the same time, the speech indicated that Malcolm still supported black nationalism and self-defense and thus had not made a complete break from his past.

“The Ballot or the Bullet” indicates a notable shift in Malcolm X’s rhetoric, as his separation from the Nation of Islam and new, unfettered public activism prompted a change in how he addressed his audience. The most significant modification of Malcolm X’s rhetoric that can be observed in “The Ballot or the Bullet” is the broadening of his audience, as he “emphasizes individualized judgment rather than group cohesion. These changes expanded his appeal, therefore expanding his audience, illustrating his ability to use the freedom he found after separating from the Nation of Islam to his advantage in advancing himself as a member of the Civil Rights Movement.

Malcolm X has been described as one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history. He is credited with raising the self-esteem of Black Americans and reconnecting them with their African heritage. He is mainly responsible for the spread of Islam in the Black community in the United States. Many African Americans, especially those living in cities in the Northern and Western United States, felt that Malcolm X articulated their complaints concerning inequality better than the mainstream civil rights movement.
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Malcolm Little (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), better known as Malcolm X, was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular figure during the civil rights movement.

Born in Nebraska and raised in Michigan, Malcolm X spent his teenage years in foster homes after his father’s death and his mother’s hospitalization. He engaged in several illicit activities there, eventually sentenced to 10 years in 1946 for larceny and breaking and entering. In prison, he joined the Nation of Islam, adopted Malcolm X’s name, and quickly became one of the organization’s most influential leaders after being paroled in 1952. Malcolm X then served as the organization’s public face for a dozen years. He advocated for black supremacy, black empowerment, and the separation of black and white Americans and publicly criticized the mainstream civil rights movement for its emphasis on nonviolent racial integration. Malcolm X also expressed pride in some of the Nation’s social welfare achievements, namely its free drug rehabilitation program. Starting in the 1950s, Malcolm X endured surveillance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) throughout his life.

In the 1960s, Malcolm X grew disillusioned with the Nation of Islam and its leader Elijah Muhammad. After completing the Hajj to Mecca, he embraced Sunni Islam and the civil rights movement and became known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz. After a brief travel period across Africa, he publicly renounced the Nation of Islam. He founded the Islamic Muslim Mosque, Inc. (MMI) and the Pan-African Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU).

On February 19, 1965, Malcolm X told interviewer Gordon Parks that the Nation of Islam was actively trying to kill him. On February 21, 1965, he was preparing to address the OAAU in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom when someone in the 400-person audience yelled out to distract the crowd.

As Malcolm X and his bodyguards tried to quell the disturbance, a man rushed forward and shot him once in the chest with a sawed-off shotgun, and two other men charged the stage firing semi-automatic handguns.

One gunman, Nation of Islam member Talmadge Hayer, was beaten by the crowd before police arrived.

Shortly after arriving at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, Malcolm X died at 3:30 pm. The autopsy identified 21 gunshot wounds to the chest, left shoulder, arms, and legs, including ten buckshot wounds from the initial shotgun blast.

Malcolm X was buried at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, NY.

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