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We cannot think of uniting with others, until after we have first united among ourselves... One can't unite bananas with scattered leaves.

Malcolm X

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Malcolm X
Age: 39 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 19
Died: 1965
Died: February 21
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Nebraska
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El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
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