![]() ![]() ![]() But virtually nothing has been said about the extraordinary women who raised them. Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin’s son James, Alberta King’s son Martin Luther, and Louise Little’s son Malcolm. The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation What if more African American communities pulled their resources together for the benefit of their communities today? Is it possible, and would that community be able to avoid being destroyed by the powers that be? I hope the following books can illuminate viable solutions for today. However, I am still very curious about how it contrasts with the approach of Malcolm X, the Black Panthers, and similar activists. ![]() King’s strategy and why the nonviolent approach was so revealing and powerful. Malcolm X and other activists, like the Black Panthers, were considered threatening.Īs I aged, I learned about the genius of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Freedom Riders, and others were more palatable to the masses because they were nonviolent. When I went home and told my father about this, he explained that Dr. My father praised him, but when I went to school and mentioned X during a Black History Month lesson, my teacher shut me down because he didn’t have a nonviolent approach. ![]() The relevance of Malcolm X’s theories in today’s social justice movementĪs a child, I received conflicting views about Malcolm X. ![]()
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