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=====Malcolm and the Civil Rights Movement===== | =====Malcolm and the Civil Rights Movement===== | ||
[https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/malcolmx-and-civil-rights-movement/ by PBS] | [https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/malcolmx-and-civil-rights-movement/ by PBS] | ||
Near the end of his life, Malcolm X publicly recognized that "Dr. King wants the same thing I want — freedom!" But for most of his ministry he did not identify with King and the civil rights movement. Although both Black Muslims and King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference had the same general goals of defeating white racism and empowering African Americans, Malcolm and King had different tended to speak at different venues (street corners vs. churches) and had different aims. | Near the end of his life, Malcolm X publicly recognized that "Dr. King wants the same thing I want — freedom!" But for most of his ministry he did not identify with King and the civil rights movement. Although both Black Muslims and King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference had the same general goals of defeating white racism and empowering African Americans, Malcolm and King had different tended to speak at different venues (street corners vs. churches) and had different aims. | ||
=====Sept. 16, 1837: Abolitionist William Whipper Advocated Non-Violence===== | |||
[https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/william-whipper-nonviolence by William Whipper 16/9/1837 ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | |||
William Whipper was an African American abolitionist and businessman from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania who played an active role on the Underground Railroad, furnishing food and transportation assistance to people escaping from slavery. | |||
