In the midst of a series of killings of black youth by local
police in the United States, national discourse is not informed by the
historic demands of the African-American movement, including the
concept of black control of black community institutions in the urban
North. Black community control was proposed by Malcolm X in a series
of speeches that he made in 1964 to black audiences in various cities
in the Northeast and Midwest.
The ignoring of historic movement demands is a general pattern in
public discourse in the United States, as it fails to remember
important ideas and proposals of the two most important charismatic
leaders in the United States during the twentieth century, Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X.
For further reflection on the issue, please visit my bloc post,
“Black community control,” at
http://www.globallearning-cuba.com/blog-umlthe-view-from-the-southuml.
Charles McKelvey
Professor Emeritus
Presbyterian College
Clinton, South Carolina
Section on Political Science from the South
Division of Philosophy and History
University of Havana
Havana, Cuba
Global Learning, LLC
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