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The Ballot or the Bullet" is the title of a public speech by human rights activist Malcolm X.
Full transcript of “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech by civil rights leader Malcolm X from April 3, 1964.
Let him know that it must be the ballot or the bullet. When you take your case to Washington, D.C., you're taking it to the criminal who's responsible; it's like running from the wolf to...
The title of Malcolm X’s speech, “The Ballot or the Bullet,” suggests an ultimatum between voting or violence, an attempt by the speaker to convince the audience that one action or the other is absolutely necessary depending on the actions of the enemy – in this case, the U.S. government.
"The Ballot or the Bullet" King Solomon Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan - April 12, 1964. Malcolm X was one of the most dynamic, dramatic and influential figures of the civil rights era. He was an apostle of black nationalism, self respect, and uncompromising resistance to white oppression.
Jun 6, 2017 · Listen to Malcolm X's Legendary Speech: "The Ballot or the Bullet" (Detroit, April 12, 1964) On April 12, 1964, one month after splitting with the NOI, Malcolm X gave his "Ballot or the...
Just as it took nationalism to remove colonialism from Asia and Africa, it’ll take Black Nationalism today to remove colonialism from the backs and the minds of 22 million Afro-Americans here in this country. And 1964 looks like it might be the year of the ballot or the bullet.
This is the full recording of one of Malcolm X's last speeches, "The Ballot or the Bullet," in which he articulates his political philosophy of Black Nationalism.
If we don't resort to the bullet, then immediately we have to take steps to use the ballot. Equality of opportunity, if the constitution at the present time [doesn't offer it], then change it. Either it offers it, or it doesn't offer it.
1964 to wake up… let them know your eyes are open... It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get on out of the country; you should get back in the cotton patch; you should get back in the alley… And now you're facing a situation where the young Negro's ...
