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100 years ago today, Malcolm X, an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist, was born. He was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

On July 9, Muhammad aide John Ali (suspected of being an undercover FBI agent)[200] referred to Malcolm X by saying, "Anyone who opposes the Honorable Elijah Muhammad puts their life in jeopardy."[201] In the December 4 issue of Muhammad Speaks, Louis X wrote that "such a man as Malcolm is worthy of death."[202]

I've always been more interested in those types of records than JFK's shit.

But we'll never see all the shit about how the government persecuted anyone they thought was a communist or pushing for civil rights.