The Ballot or the BulletDigital History ID 3624Author:Malcolm XDate:1964Annotation:In this speech Malcolm X described how Blacks should fight for civil-rights in America. Malcolm X emphasizes the worth of voting as a solution to ending discrimination against Blacks. He addresses both the poor voting decisions and also the denial of legitimate voting rights to Blacks.Document:Mr. Moderator, Reverend Cleage, Brother Lomax, brothers and sisters, and friends - and I see some enemies. In fact, I think we’d be fooling ourselves if we had an audience this large and didn’t realize that there were some enemies present.This afternoon we want to talk about 'The ballot or the bullet.' The ballot or the bullet explains itself.
“The Ballot or the Bullet”: Malcolm X, April 3, 1964 (excerpts). I'm not here to argue or discuss anything that we differ about, because it's time for us to. On April 12, 1964, one month after splitting with the NOI, Malcolm X gave his “Ballot or the Bullet” speech at King Solomon Baptist Church in Detroit (he’d given the address nine days earlier in Cleveland, but the Detroit version is regarded by some scholars as definitive).
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But before we get into it, since this is the year of the ballot or the bullet, I would like to clarify some things that refer to me personally - concerning my own personal position.I'm still a Muslim. That is, my religion is still Islam. My religion is still Islam.
I still credit Mr. Mohammed for what I know and what I am. He's the one who opened my eyes. At present, I'm the Minister of the newly founded Muslim Mosque, Incorporated, which has its offices in the Teresa Hotel, right in the heart of Harlem - that’s the black belt in New York city.
And when we realize that Adam Clayton Powell is a Christian minister, he’s the - he heads Abyssinian Baptist Church, but at the same time, he’s more famous for his political struggling.And Dr. King is a Christian Minister, in Atlanta - from Atlanta Georgia - or in Atlanta, Georgia, but he’s become more famous for being involved in the civil rights struggle. There’s another in New York, Reverend Galamison - I don’t know if you’ve heard of him out here - he’s a Christian Minister from Brooklyn, but has become famous for his fight against a segregated school system in Brooklyn. Reverend Clee, right here, is a Christian Minister, here in Detroit. He’s the head of the “Freedom Now Party.” All of these are Christian Ministers - All of these are Christian Ministers, but they don’t come to us as Christian Ministers. They come to us as fighters in some other category.I’m a Muslim minister.
The same as they are Christian Ministers, I’m a Muslim minister. And I don’t believe in fighting today in any one front, but on all fronts. In fact, I’m a 'Black Nationalist Freedom Fighter.' Islam is my religion, but I believe my religion is my personal business.
It governs my personal life, my personal morals. And my religious philosophy is personal between me and the God in whom I believe; just as the religious philosophy of these others is between them and the God in whom they believe.And this is best this way.
Were we to come out here discussing religion, we’d have too many differences from the outstart and we could never get together. So today, though Islam is my religious philosophy, my political, economic, and social philosophy is Black Nationalism.
You and I - As I say, if we bring up religion we’ll have differences; we’ll have arguments; and we’ll never be able to get together. But if we keep our religion at home, keep our religion in the closet, keep our religion between ourselves and our God, but when we come out here, we have a fight that’s common to all of us against a sic enemy who is common to all of us.The political philosophy of Black Nationalism only means that the black man should control the politics and the politicians in his own community. The - The time - The time when white people can come in our community and get us to vote for them so that they can be our political leaders and tell us what to do and what not to do is long gone.
“America is just as much a colonial power as England ever was. America is just as much a colonial power as France ever was. In fact, America is more so a colonial power than they, because she is a hypocritical colonial power behind it.
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What is 20th — what, what do you call second-class citizenship? Why, that's colonization. Second-class citizenship is nothing but 20th slavery. How you gonna to tell me you're a second-class citizen? They don't have second-class citizenship in any other government on this Earth.
They just have slaves and people who are free! Well, this country is a hypocrite! They try and make you think they set you free by calling you a second-class citizen. No, you're nothing but a 20th century slave.”―Malcolm X.