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Most of those Negroes have been given those jobs by the white political machine, and they serve no other function other than to, as window dressing.

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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