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23
January
1963

Malcolm speaks on the race problem at Michigan State University

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Biography 📅 23 January 1963 📍 United States

At Michigan State University, Malcolm argued that Black people needed to define the race problem on their own terms and criticized leadership shaped by white institutions. His address linked segregation and integration to power, representation, and self-determination. The event is preserved in campus audio and Columbia's transcript excerpts, offering a rare way to compare his spoken arguments with later summaries.

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Malcolm X

Organizations in this Event

Michigan State University

African Students Association

NAACP campus chapter

Nation of Islam