...i find it ironic that i would make my first post on the 4th of July...the day that this country decleared it's Independence from the rule of Great Britain....the funny thing is that is wasn't actually signed by all necessary delegates until August 2, 1776....go figure right...well my dear friends i suggest that we attempt to find our own Independence...Independence within our selves, our families, our communities, and our culture...i firmly believe that no one man exhibited this trait better than the dear, late Al Hajj Malik El Shabazz or Minister Malcolm X...i long for the day that we as a culture will draw from the positives of this great man and not allow the powers that be to misinterpret his rhetoric of black empowerment as white hatred....what i bring to you today are a collection of various Speeches, Interviews, and Debates from our dear leader spanning from 1960 up until his final speech as the keynote speaker at the First Annual Dignity Projection and Scholarships Award Night on February 14, 1965 in Detroit, MI. As we all know he was tragically assassinated just 7 days later at the Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965. I often wonder if the men that were behind the triggers on that calm winter afternoon knew that they were aiding in keeping us in that cold and dreary state........Let's celebrate our Independence by reveling in the brilliance of "our shining Black Prince" as he was so eloquently eulogized by the late Ossie Davis.
