Malcolm X (1925-1965): The Voice of Reason

 

   "We want to just have an off the-cuff chat between you and me- us. We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand."    


  Malcolm X never had a problem with talking to those that lived the same life as he did in his past. Sometimes he would yell. Sometimes he would curse. However, truth was always the antidote of his message. For example this excerpt above are words brother Malcolm spoke during one of his speeches entitled Message To The Grassroots.    

  This speech is where I got the influence for my mission at hand. The objective of this mission of mine is that no matter what religion, political view, social, or economic status we are all members of the same African diaspora. I can't talk for anybody else, but I feel that brother Malcolm would be proud of me for my partaking in this. Self-praise is never my motive because I know and understand that there are many others like myself.  

  Although I'm named after this great man. I didn't start studying him until I went to college. The autobiography told to Alex Haley was life changing indeed. From a child filled with broken dreams. To a hustler named Detroit Red. To a prisoner reading and writing in jail. To Minister Malcolm X of the Nation Of Islam. Than to become El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, a newly converted orthodox Muslim. The transitions this man went through are mind blowing. Only if this man was to live longer, God only knows what he could've accomplished.
 

  Brother Malcolm X (El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) I would like to thank you. Thank you for showing the world what black manhood really look like. Thank you for being the walking manifestation of the term militancy. Thank you for standing up for good morals (even though it would cost you your life). As me and others continue the work you couldn't complete I would like to say to you on this day (February 21st) rest in paradise.