Speeches of Malcolm X
Speeches of Malcolm X
The Speeches of Malcolm X, interspersed with historical, civil rights and lifestyle footage of African-Americans in the 20th century. (letterboxed) MS of MALCOLM X speaking at Mosque in New York, early 1960s: "Who are you? You don t know? Don t tell me Negro, that s nothing. What were you before the white man named you a Negro? And what were you? And what did you have? What was yours? What language did you speak then? What was your name, it couldn t have been Smith or Jones or Butch or Powell, that wasn t your name. They don t have those kinds of names where you and I came from. No, what was your name and why don t you now know what your name was then? Where did it go? Where did you lose it? Who took it and how did he take it? What tongue did you speak? How did the man take your tongue? Where is your history? How did the man wipe out your history?"