Citation Type: Speech
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“The American Dream,” Address at St. Paul’s Church
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gives a speech at St. Paul’s Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
“The Ballot or the Bullet”
Malcolm X was one of the most dynamic, dramatic and influential figures of the civil rights era. He was an apostle of black nationalism, self-respect, and uncompromising resistance to white oppression. Malcolm X was a polarizing figure who both energized and divided African Americans, while frightening and alienating many whites. He was an unrelenting truth-teller who declared that the mainstream…
“The Ballot or the Bullet”
Malcolm X first delivered the famous “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech in Cleveland on April 3, 1964 at Cory Methodist Church. He would then go to Detroit the next day April 4, 1964 to give the same speech at the King Solomon Baptist Church.