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How Racism Began as White-On-White Violence

By Resmaa Menakem — 2018

Did over ten centuries of decontextualized medieval European brutality, which was inflicted on white bodies by other white bodies, begin to look like culture? Did this inter-generational trauma and its possible epigenetic effects end with European immigrants’ arrival in the “New World”?

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Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare

This groundbreaking and highly acclaimed work examines the two most influential African-American leaders of this century. While Martin Luther King, Jr., saw America as essentially a dream . . . as yet unfulfilled, Malcolm X viewed America as a realized nightmare.

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James H. Cone
2012
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I Am Not Your Negro

In his final years, Baldwin envisioned a book about his three assassinated friends, Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King.

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James Baldwin, Raoul Peck
2017
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The Lost Tapes: Malcolm X (Full Episode)

Presented entirely through speeches, newscasts, and rarely seen archival footage, The Lost Tapes: Malcolm X tells the story of the man who, by any means necessary, willingly put his life at risk to bring change and equality to black America.

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Malcolm X
2018
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12:39

Malcolm X. Oxford Union Debate, Dec. 3 1964

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Malcolm X
2011
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The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.

To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense vs. nonviolence, black power vs. civil rights, the sword vs. the shield. The struggle for black freedom is wrought with the same contrasts.

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Peniel E. Joseph
2020
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Malcolm X

Biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader, from his early life and career as a small-time gangster, to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam.

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1992
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Malcolm X: You Can’t Hate the Roots of a Tree

Malcolm X speech, You Can’t Hate the Roots of a Tree.

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Malcolm X
2007
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Malcolm X Questioned by Berkeley Students. 1963

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Malcolm X
2017
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Malcolm X on Front Page Challenge, 1965: CBC Archives | CBC

In this clip from 1965, after leaving the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X appears on CBC-TV's 'Front Page Challenge' weeks before his assassination. He proclaims, "I'm against any form of segregation and racism."

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Malcolm X
2010
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The End of White World Supremacy: Four Speeches

Malcolm X remains a touchstone figure for black America and in American culture at large. He gave African Americans not only their consciousness but their history, dignity, and a new pride.

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Malcolm X
2020
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Racial Discrimination