Tag Archives: American Civil Rights Movement

Disc Over Peace: Malcolm X Message To America

. Source:The Daily Press Malcolm X was correct in the sense that the racial discrimination that African-Americans faced from the time the African slaves were freed in the 1860s, until the 1960s with the civil rights laws was a human … Continue reading

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Malcolm X Network: James Baldwin on Malcolm X

This post was originally posted at FRS Daily Post Plus James Baldwin was from the Martin L. King school of civil rights. That African-Americans needed to work with other Americans in order to get their freedom. Which is what separated … Continue reading

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Black & Right: Malcolm X: Democrats Are Chumps

. Source:FRS FreeState The reason why there were so many Democratic members of Congress in the 1960s was because of the Dixiecrats the Southern Caucus in Congress who were famous for blocking civil rights legislation in the Senate and the … Continue reading

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RBG Street Scholar: James Baldwin & Dick Gregory- ‘Baldwin’s Nigger (1969)’

Source:RBG Street Scholar– about James Baldwin’s 1969 documentary. Source:The Daily Times “RBG-James Baldwin and Dick Gregory Baldwin’s Nigger (1969)” From RBG Street Scholar James Baldwin message seems to be about individual empowerment and individual freedom, that African-Americans should empower themselves and … Continue reading

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The Open Mind With Richard Heffner: Race Relations in Crisis (June 12, 1963)

. Source:Real Life Journal Without Malcolm X and Martin L. King we probably never get the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s. At least not until someone in the African-American community stepped up and demanded their freedom and … Continue reading

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Martin Luther King & Malcolm X Debate

Source:Real Life Journal The Ali-Frazier of the American civil rights movement and what made this debate inside the African-American civil rights movement so interesting was how different the personalities of Martin King and Malcolm X were. And their different strategies … Continue reading

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Malcolm X Debate With James Baldwin (September 5, 1963)

. Source:Real Life Journal This is the perfect debate to have because what is integration worth if it doesn’t come with freedom. You could have different races and ethnicities integrated in the same community, city, state or even country. But … Continue reading

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New York City Public Radio: Interview of Malcolm x (March 10, 1960)

. Source:Real Life Journal This interview was very important because Malcolm X was being interviewed about one of the key aspects that he preached about during his movement. Which was African-American identity and what it means to be an American … Continue reading

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Malcolm X vs Bayard Rustin

. Source:Real Life Journal I’m going from first impressions here after seeing this debate for the first time tonight. But this debate sounds like to me anyway as a debate representing the main two wings of the American civil rights … Continue reading

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James Miller Center: The Legacy of President Lyndon B. Johnson

Source:Free State MD Lyndon Johnson’s Presidency is remembered for the Vietnam War and the miss-handling of it but that’s only part of the story of a five year Presidency. When I think of Lyndon Johnson, I think of not only … Continue reading

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