Oct. 4, 2020

A Viable And Practical Plan

From Radical Illuminations by Joe L. Valentine (author's profile)

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BLACK ANKH

"Help Us, Help Us !"

Part One

A VIABLE AND PRACTICAL PLAN
"You watch. I will be labeled as, at best an
'irresponsible' black man. I have always felt
about this accusation that the black 'leader'
whom white men consider to be 'responsible'
is invariably the black 'leader' who NEVER
GETS ANY RESULTS. You only get action as a
black man if you are regarded by the white
man as 'irresponsible'. In fact, this much I
had learned when I Was just a little boy. And
Since I Have been some kind of a 'leader' of
black people here in this RACIST SOCIETY of
AMERICA, I have been more reassured each time
the white man resisted me, or attacked me,
harder--because each time made me more certain
that I WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK in the American
black man's best interests. The racist white
man's opposition automatically made me know
that I DID OFFER THE BLACK MAN SOMETHING
WORTHWHILE."
-Malcolm X
(The Autobiography of Malcolm X)

By: Joe L. Valentine, Jr. (AKA A'Jene Zephania Nkrumah)

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