The Life of Malcolm X
Dan Snow's History Hit
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4.7 • 13.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 July 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Born Malcolm Little in 1925, Malcolm X would become human rights activist— a prominent African American minister and figure during the civil rights movement. As a spokesman for the Nation of Islam until 1964, Malcolm X was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment, Black nationalism and the promotion of Islam within the Black community. After Malcolm X’s assassination in 1965, his posthumous autobiography popularised his ideas of Black pride, Black dignity and the importance of political activism.
Peniel E. Joseph is an American scholar, teacher, and public voice on race issues. Professor Joseph joins Dan on the podcast to discuss Malcolm X’s leadership of the Nation of Islam, comparisons made to Dr King, and his crucial legacy in the fight for social justice and equality.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome down to this history. |
| 0:02.5 | It's talking about Malcolm X today. |
| 0:04.3 | Malcolm X. |
| 0:05.3 | Often seen as the opposite of what Dr King Martin Luther King Jr. stood for. |
| 0:10.1 | And yet as you'll hear in this podcast, it traces far more subtle as ever. |
| 0:15.4 | Far more interesting. |
| 0:17.2 | I'm joined by the very brilliant professor, Peniel E. Joseph. |
| 0:21.3 | Professor Joseph is an American scholar. |
| 0:24.5 | He has a professor ship at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and the history department |
| 0:28.4 | and the College of Liberal Arts, the University of Texas at Austin. |
| 0:32.9 | And he makes the bold claim, which I've been spending a lot of time on YouTube since then, |
| 0:36.2 | of saying Malcolm X was a better orator than Martin Luther King. |
| 0:40.4 | That's noting stuff. |
| 0:42.5 | Huge if true. |
| 0:43.5 | If you want to go and listen to other podcasts about civil rights movement in the 1960s, |
| 0:49.2 | please go and check out history at TV. |
| 0:50.6 | We've got lots and lots and lots of podcasts episodes about that. |
| 0:52.8 | We've got some TV shows about that. |
| 0:55.0 | It's like an audible and Netflix little rolled into one of history. |
| 0:58.2 | If you follow the link in the description of this podcast and the notes beneath the pod, |
| 1:02.1 | you will get taken straight down. |
| 1:03.6 | You get two weeks free. |
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