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Lectures in History

Malcolm X's Views on Africa

Lectures in History

C-SPAN

History, Politics, News

4.1696 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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American University professor Ibram Kendi teaches a class about Malcolm X's views on Africa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Next, on lectures in history,

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American University professor, Ebram Kendi,

0:27.7

teaches a class about Malcolm X's views on Africa.

0:31.9

Kendi argues that through the 1960s,

0:34.7

Africa had been associated with a lack of civilization and describes how Malcolm X

0:39.7

advocated for African Americans to have a more positive view of Africa in order to develop

0:45.2

better self-esteem and combat racism.

0:49.8

So today we're going to be, of course, reviewing and discussing a section that really talks about Malcolm's views, Malcolm X's views on Africa and even the Middle East.

1:08.3

And, of course, we read a few of the letters that he sent home when he

1:15.3

was traveling in 1959, as well as in 1964, in Africa as well as the Middle East, as well as a few

1:25.1

speeches that he made one in 1959 and another in 1965 before he was killed,

1:34.3

that really sort of talked about his viewpoints on Africa.

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