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Shortly after leaving the Nation of Islam in 1964, he declared, "It's the ballot or the bullet. It's liberty or it's death" |
Malcolm X
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HISTORIC STATEMENTS |
2026-03-16 |
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(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Omni Parker House hotel.) Moving to Boston in 1941, he found work here as a busboy; busted for burglary, he'd convert to Islam in prison and emerged with this new name |
Malcolm X
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THE PARKER HOUSE: A HOTEL IN HISTORY |
2019-06-04 |
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(Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) The tape recorder was used by this man, whose ideas for black activism couldn't be contained by the Nation of Islam, leading to the sad correctness of his prediction in his autobiography that, "I, too, will die by violence" |
Malcolm X
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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE |
2017-02-06 |
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In 1963 he wrote to MLK seeking a united front of "all Negro factions" against "a common problem posed by a common enemy" |
Malcolm X
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THE 1960s |
2016-04-12 |
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On Feb. 21, 1965 he was assassinated as he delivered a lecture at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem |
Malcolm X
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J |
IT WAS THE '60s |
2015-12-15 |
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After leaving the Nation of Islam in March 1964, he formed the Organization of Afro-American Unity |
Malcolm X
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$400 |
J |
NAMES OF THE '60s |
2007-01-23 |
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In 1954 he was appointed chief minister of the Nation of Islam's main temple in Harlem |
Malcolm X
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$400 |
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AMERICAN HISTORY "X" |
2000-07-14 |
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In 1964 he quit the Nation of Islam & founded the Organization for Afro-American Unity |
Malcolm X
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MODERN BLACK HISTORY |
1993-03-29 |
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