MALCOLM X: THE CONFERENCE

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Malcolm X and Third World Leadership

Online Reference : Malcolm X : Research site
Reparations
 

Malcolm X

1.  Autobiography of Malcolm X, Chapter 19: "1965"
 2. Malcolm X Speaks (1964) "Letters from Abroad," "Appeal to African
Heads of State," and a speech At the Audubon (12/13/64)

Discussion Questions

1. Compare the revolutionary leadership role of Malcolm X to the role  played by Patrice Lumumba, Che Guevara, Mao Tse Tung, Frantz Fanon,  and Ho Chi Minh.
2. Discuss the meeting that Malcolm X had with Fidel Castro in Harlem.
3. What interpretation did Malcolm X have of third world revolutions: China, Cuba, Viet Nam, Congo, etc.?
4. What distinction if any did Malcolm X make between religious leadership and political leadership during the last year of his life? How did this impact his discussion of Islam on the one hand and communism on the other?

Additional Reading

1. Mealy, Rosemari. Fidel and Malcolm X: Memories of a Meeting. Melbourne, Australia: Ocean Press, 1993.
2. Timothy B. Tyson, Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams & the Roots of Black Power 1999
3. William Galvez, Che in Africa: Che Guevara's Congo Diary, 1999
4. Mao Tse-Tung, Five Essays on Philosophy
5. Walter Rodney, Walter Rodney Speaks: The Making of an African Intellectual, 1990
6. Kwame Nkrumah, Revolutionary Path
 

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