“ We our selves have to lift the level of our community, the standard of our community to a higher level, make our own society beautiful so that we will be satisfied in our own social circles and won't be running around here trying to knock our way into a social circle where we're not wanted. ”
Malcolm X, The Ballot or the Bullet (April 3, 1964). copy citation
| Author | Malcolm X |
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| Source | The Ballot or the Bullet |
| Topic | society community |
| Date | April 3, 1964 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/malcolm_x_ballot.html |
Context
“The social philosophy of black nationalism only means that we have to get together and remove the evils, the vices, alcoholism, drug addiction, and other evils that are destroying the moral fiber of our community. We our selves have to lift the level of our community, the standard of our community to a higher level, make our own society beautiful so that we will be satisfied in our own social circles and won't be running around here trying to knock our way into a social circle where we're not wanted. So I say, in spreading a gospel such as black nationalism, it is not designed to make the black man re-evaluate the white man -- you know him already -- but to make the black man re-evaluate himself.”
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