San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year
San Francisco Bay View - National Black Newspaper of the Year: "Malcolm X : Foster child to revolutionary
by Andrea Lewis
Malcolm X, 1925-1965
Forty years after his murder, and 90 years after his May 19 birthday, the name Malcolm X still evokes a vast range of emotions.
In spite of his status as a cultural icon – thanks in large part to Spike Lee’s 1992 biopic – and as one of the most important leaders in Black history, Malcolm is still viewed by many as a man who preached hate, evoked fear and scared white folks.
Middle America had a much harder time digesting the percussive attack of Malcolm’s Black nationalist rhetoric compared to the melodious, nonviolent flow of the Rev. Martin Luther King’s oratory.
Malcolm X was fiery, charismatic and brilliant and, most important, a symbol of the power of transformation."
by Andrea Lewis
Malcolm X, 1925-1965
Forty years after his murder, and 90 years after his May 19 birthday, the name Malcolm X still evokes a vast range of emotions.
In spite of his status as a cultural icon – thanks in large part to Spike Lee’s 1992 biopic – and as one of the most important leaders in Black history, Malcolm is still viewed by many as a man who preached hate, evoked fear and scared white folks.
Middle America had a much harder time digesting the percussive attack of Malcolm’s Black nationalist rhetoric compared to the melodious, nonviolent flow of the Rev. Martin Luther King’s oratory.
Malcolm X was fiery, charismatic and brilliant and, most important, a symbol of the power of transformation."
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