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It's liberty or it's death. It's freedom for everybody or freedom for nobody.
Malcolm X
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Malcolm X
Age: 39 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 19
Died: 1965
Died: February 21
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Human Rights Activist
Muslim Minister
Political Activist
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Omaha
Nebraska
Malcolm Little
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
Malcolm Shabazz
Malachi Shabazz
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I'm for truth, no matter who tells it.
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My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.
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How can you thank a man for giving you what's already yours?
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