Martin and Malcolm
Implications of their Legacies for the Future
With Dr. Cornel West and Imam Zaid Shakir
Date: Friday, December 2, 2005.
Time: 8 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Doors open at 6.30 p.m.
Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center
Calvin Simmons Theatre
10 Tenth Street
Oakland, CA 94607
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That actually raises an interesting question: In contemporary times, what individuals, organizations or movements really are the best manifestations of the respective legacies of El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz and Martin King?
3 comments:
I can't think of any. I'm sure NOI wants to claim the legacy, but considering their leader advocated killing Malcolm in the first place....
King had a much more revolutionary temperment than he's given credit for now. America's popular media has turned him into a very harmless, agreeable guy. I really hope people start to get a glimpse of all the things this great man really stood for.
Yeah, the NOI certainly isn't the place to look.
I've seen Cornel West speak a couple of times and he consciously identifies alot with Martin Luther King Jr. I think he's about as good a representative as anyone, at least in terms of the words he's putting out there.
I like Zaid Shakir alot but he seems to have a totally different vibe from "Malcolm". I'm not sure how comparable they are. He definitely has more of a religious/spiritual focus while Malcolm was more about empowerment and black unity. More this-worldly.
But then, now that I think about it, especially given the kind of stuff I was saying with the earlier entry on Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin etc. it's not really about individuals so much anyway, you know?
We don't need another "Martin" or another "Malcolm". We just need to develop more people who, in their own unique ways, work with others in "the struggle" or "the movement" however its defined.
can't think of any. I'm sure NOI wants to claim the legacy, but considering their leader advocated killing Malcolm in the first place....
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