Malcolm X

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Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. His detractors accused him of preaching racism, black supremacy, antisemitism, and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history, and in 1998, Time named The Autobiography of Malcolm X one of the ten most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century. Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska. The events of his childhood, including his father's lessons concerning black pride and self-reliance, and his own experiences concerning race played a significant role in Malcolm X's adult life. By the time he was thirteen, his father had died and his mother had been committed to a mental hospital. After living in a series of foster homes, Malcolm X became involved in a number of criminal activities in Boston and New York City. In 1946, Malcolm X was sentenced to eight to ten years in prison. While in prison, Malcolm X became a member of the Nation of Islam, and after his parole in 1952 he became one of the Nation's leaders and chief spokesmen. For nearly a dozen years he was the public face of the controversial group. Tension between Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad, head of the Nation of Islam, led to Malcolm X's quitting the organization in March 1964. He subsequently traveled extensively throughout Africa and the Middle East and founded Muslim Mosque, Inc., a religious organization, and the secular Organization of Afro-American Unity, which advocated Pan-Africanism. Less than a year after he left the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X was assassinated by three members of the group while giving a speech in New York. The beliefs expressed by Malcolm X changed during his lifetime. As a spokesman for the Nation of Islam he taught black supremacy and deified the leaders of the organization. He also advocated the separation of black and white Americans, which put him at odds with the civil rights movement, which was working towards integration. After he left the Nation of Islam in 1964, Malcolm X became a Sunni Muslim, made the pilgrimage to Mecca and disavowed racism, while remaining a champion of black self-determination, self defense, and human rights. He expressed a willingness to work with civil rights leaders and described his previous position with the Nation of Islam as that of a "zombie". Description above from the Wikipedia article Malcolm X, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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2026
apocalipse dos animais
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2026
The Making Of
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2025
Orwell: 2+2=5
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2024
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
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2024
America's Woman
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2023
Four Died Trying: Prologue
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2023
La Californie !
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2023
Stand
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2021
Muhammad Ali
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2021
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
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2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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2020
Malcolm X and the Sudanese
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2020
De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
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2020
John Lewis: Good Trouble
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2020
Da 5 Bloods
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2019
Who Killed Malcolm X?
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2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
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2019
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
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2019
Barney's Wall
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2019
The Apollo
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2019
When Tariq Ali Met Malcolm X
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2018
Robert Penn Warren: A Vision
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2018
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
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2018
Explained
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2017
Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
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2017
I Am Not Your Negro
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2016
13th
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2016
Lemonade
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2013
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
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2010
COINTELPRO 101
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2010
Motherland
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2009
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
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2008
Black Power Salute
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2007
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
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2002
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
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2001
A Huey P. Newton Story
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2001
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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1998
Windrush
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1996
Muhammad Ali: The Whole Story
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1996
All Power to the People!
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