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This is why integration will not work. It assumes that the two races, black and white, are equal and can be made to live as one. This is not true.

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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Omaha
Nebraska
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El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
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