From Voting Rights to Watts - Malcolm X and Civil Rights Movement Events - Lecture 16

The presenter is not very knowledgeable regarding the legacy of El Hajj El Malik El Shabazz (Malcolm X). He often seems confused about what he is attempting to say and he gives information that is in many instances "inaccurate." First of all, Malcolm X was not "necessarily" assassinated because of his break with the Nation of Islam! That was only a "ploy" orchestrated by COINTELPRO, the CIA, and the FBI.

Malcolm was assassinated because when he made his hajj to Mecca, he garnered up enough support from Third World countries to bring up charges against the United States before the United Nations for its treatment of Blacks in America and people of color in African nations. The United States has only one vote on the "World Court" which is the "United Nations."

Secondly, Malcolm never agitated for "civil rights" because the ceiling for "civil rights" in the United States is the United States Supreme Court. Malcolm agitated for "human rights" because the ceiling for "human rights" is the World Court governed by the United Nations. Conversely, Dr. King never agitated for "human rights" he agitated for "civil rights."

Thirdly, the presenter mentioned assassinations which took place in the "sizzling sixties" including Schwerner, Goodman, and Chaney, but he failed to mention Medgar Evers and even Fred Hampton. Fourth, Alex Haley's book entitled "The Biography of Malcolm X" was only half completed when Malcolm was assassinated; therefore, where did he obtain information for the second half of the book? It was "fictionalized" by Haley. Malcolm's middle daughter Ilyasah Shabazz in her book entitled "Growing Up X" attested to this fact!

Personally speaking, as a college history professor, I could have done a better job than this presenter. Malcolm's self-help philosophy was indeed rooted in Garveyism, but his overall militant perspective was rooted in Henry Highland Garnet, Martin Robison Delany, and Bishop Henry McNeil Turner. Please have the presenter review the following clip!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7i3XTHrUxo&t=2s