EVENT INFORMATION

25
June
1964

Malcolm frames civil rights as a human-rights struggle on radio

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Biography 📅 25 June 1964 📍 United States

On Bob Kennedy's Contact radio program, Malcolm described the Black freedom struggle as a human-rights struggle and defended the right to intelligent, just, and legal action against oppression. Addressing the attorney general's brother on air brought Malcolm's critique into a mainstream broadcast setting, where he challenged the government's framing of domestic racism as an internal matter beyond international scrutiny.

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Malcolm X

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WBZ radio

Muslim Mosque

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