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The young whites, and blacks, too, are the only hope that America has, the rest of us have always been living in a lie.
Malcolm X
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Malcolm X
Age: 39 †
Born: 1925
Born: May 19
Died: 1965
Died: February 21
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Muslim Minister
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El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
Malcolm Shabazz
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