Malcolm X: in Death His Vision Lives by KYOTO WALKER Special to South Florida Times
sfltimes.com “Elevating the Dialogue” SERVING MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, PALM BEACH AND MONROE COUNTIES FEBRUARY 19 — 25, 2015 | 50¢ IN THIS ISSUE NATION Malcolm X: In death his vision lives By KYOTO WALKER Special to South Florida Times The assassination of prominent Nation of Is- lam leader Malcolm X, 50 years ago, led to the rise of the Black Power Movement and left a leg- acy of redemption for generations to come, ac- cording to one local professor. Malcolm X was SOFLO LIVE/4C assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965. He was 39. Mal- MOTOWN colm was a leader in the Nation of Islam, who are also referred to as black Muslims. He was Musical portrays reportedly shot to death by rival black Muslims. Hitsville energy Malcolm was survived at the time by his wife, the late Betty Shabazz and their six children, Qubilah Shabazz, Ilyasah Shabazz, Malikah Sha- bazz, Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz, Malaak Sha- bazz and Attallah Shabazz. Initially a separatist, Malcolm was famously quoted saying, “We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock landed on us,” a reference to the British pilgrims who allegedly landed at Plymouth rock, a boulder in Plymouth, Massa- chusetts, an area of America which was colo- nized by the pilgrims and subsequently the pil- grims forced Africans into slavery to help settle the land. METRO/1B Malcolm was born on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He dropped his surname, LAS OLAS “Little,” which he considered a relic of slav- Affordable PHOTO COURTESY OF MALCOLMX.ORG housing reality PLEASE TURN TO MALCOLM/3A Malcom X speaks of the plight of African Americans, Harlem, 1963.
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