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There has to be something wrong when a man or a woman leaves his own people and marries somebody of another kind.
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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Nebraska
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