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3 unusual facts about Message to the Grass Roots


Message to the Grass Roots

In 2008, shortly after the election of Barack Obama, the first African-American president, al-Qaeda released a videotape that included a statement by Ayman al-Zawahiri, who called Obama a "house Negro" and contrasted him with "honorable Black Americans" such as Malcolm X.

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Regarding the March on Washington, theologian James Cone writes that "Malcolm's language was harsh, but it was the truth".

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He said the impetus behind the march was the masses of African Americans, who were angry and threatening to march on the White House and the Capitol.



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