At the Cairo summit of African heads of state, Malcolm presented the OAAU's case and urged leaders to raise the treatment of Black people in the United States at the United Nations. This effort treated US racism as an international human-rights concern, not an internal matter beyond scrutiny. It also reflected the political possibilities and limits of Pan-African diplomacy: solidarity could widen pressure, but states had their own interests and constraints.
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What change did Malcolm describe in his August 1964 open letter?
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His language broadened while his political focus on freedom, justice, and equality remained.
Malcolm's 1964 rejection of blanket racial indictments meant he stopped criticizing structural racism.
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His language shifted, but his critique of institutional racism and demand for justice continued.