Malcolm X would have been 90 today

[malaise]

I can't process that- few knew the system like Malcolm. None of them spoke about his first amendment rights

[panader0]

1. I read The Autobiography in '68 or '69--a time of learning for me.

[malaise]

3. Bought my copy in 1970

Still have it. Great book- what a life

[LoisB]

2. Malcolm does not get the respect he deserves.

[malaise]

5. Agreed

but he dared to be anti-establishment and Muslim

[BrotherIvan]

7. Not from the establishment, but from people he does

[bigtree]

4. His father wrote letter to President Calvin Coolidge petitioning him to release Marcus Garvey

Shaun King @ShaunKing
Earl Little wrote this letter to President Calvin Coolidge petitioning him to release Marcus Garvey from prison.

:

Shaun King @ShaunKing · 11h 11 hours ago
Earl Little. Father of Malcolm X
Born in 1890 in Reynolds, GA.
Was a baptist minister. President of UNIA in Omaha.



k&r

[malaise]

6. A lot of work is going on right now to clear Marcus Garveu's name

That letter is important because Marcus was 'deported' to Jamaica after that.

[jberryhill]

8. Wouldn't that make him Malcom XC?