“ How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? ”
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 | giving oppression gratitude |
| Date | April 3, 1964 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/malcolm_x_ballot.html |
Context
“So, we're giving a new interpretation to the civil-rights struggle, an interpretation that will enable us to come into it, take part in it. And these handkerchief-heads who have been dillydallying and pussy footing and compromising — we don't intend to let them pussyfoot and dillydally and compromise any longer.
How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what's already yours? You haven't even made progress, if what's being given to you, you should have had already. That's not progress. And I love my Brother Lomax, the way he pointed out we're right back where we were in 1954.” source
How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours? How then can you thank him for giving you only part of what's already yours? You haven't even made progress, if what's being given to you, you should have had already. That's not progress. And I love my Brother Lomax, the way he pointed out we're right back where we were in 1954.” source
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