0:08 – Fund Drive Special: Malcolm X Archive Collection
Malcolm X Archive Collection “A Choice of Two Roads” featuring Malcolm X and Bayard Rustin, moderated by John Donald discussing the direction of the civil rights movement. Recorded in New York, broadcast on WBAI, Nov 1960.
1:08 – Fund Drive Special: Malcolm X Speech The Ballot or the Bullet
The Ballot or the Bullet is a public speech by human rights activist Malcolm X delivered on April 3, 1964, at Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio. He advised African Americans to judiciously exercise their right to vote, but he cautioned that if the government continued to prevent African Americans from attaining full equality, it might be necessary for them to take up arms. It was ranked 7th in the top 100 American speeches of the 20th century by 137 leading scholars of American public address. Get the speech + the book The Autobiography of Malcolm X with a pledge of $225 to KPFA.