MALCOLM X: THE CONFERENCE

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Is It Time for Independent Black Politics?

Online Reference : Malcolm X : Research site
Reparations
 

Malcolm X

Malcolm X, Malcolm X Speaks (especially "The Ballot or the Bullet")

Discussion Questions

1. What did Malcolm X mean by contrasting the ballot to the bullet?
2. Has a Black man ever been president of the USA?
3. Do Black people have proportionate Black political power?
4. What political party has done the most for Black people?
   a. Democrats?
   b. Republicans?
   c. Communist Party?
   d. Revolutionary Community Party?
5. Why haven't Black people developed an independent Black political party?

Additional Reading  

1. Michael Dawson, Behind The Mule: Race & Class in African-American Politics (1994)
2. Charles Henry, Culture and African American Politics (1990)
3. James Jennings, The Politics of Black Empowerment: The Transformation  of Black Activism in Urban America (1992)
4. Clarence Lusane, Race in The Global Era: African Americans at the Millennium (1997)
5. Adolph Reed, Class Notes: Posing as Politics and Other Thoughts on The American Scene (2000)
6. Hanes Walton, African American Power and Politics: The Political  Context Variable (1997)
 

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