The End of White World Supremacy : Four Speeches

The classic collection of major speeches, now bundled with an audio download of Malcolm X delivering two of them. Malcolm X remains a touchstone figure for black America and in American culture at large. He gave African Americans not only their consciousness but their history, dignity, and a new pride. No single individual can claim more important responsibility for a social and historical leap forward such as the one sparked in America in the sixties. When, in 1965, Malcolm X was gunned down on the stage of a Harlem theater, America lost one of its most dynamic political thinkers. Yet, as Michael Eric Dyson has observed, “he remains relevant because he spoke presciently to the issues that matter today: black identity, the politics of black rage, the expression of black dissent, the politics of black power, and the importance of consolidating varieties of expressions within black communities—different ideologies and politics—and bringing them together under a banner of functional solidarity.” The End of White World Supremacy contains four major speeches by Malcolm X, including: “Black Man's History,” “The Black Revolution,” “The Old Negro and the New Negro,” and the famous “The Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost” speech ("God's Judgment of White America"), delivered after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Several of the speeches include a discussion with the moderator, among whom Adam Clayton Powell, or a question-and-answer with the audience. This new edition bundles with the book an audio download of Malcolm's stirring delivery of “Black Man's History” in Harlem's Temple No.7 and “The Black Revolution” in the Abyssinian Baptist Church. A collection from four major speeches by Malcolm X that Julius Lester called in The New York Times Book Review, The best examples in print of why, even dead, Malcolm is a man to measure one's self against. Malcolm X gave Black Americans not only their consciousness, but their history, their dignity, and a new pride. No single individual can claim a more important responsibility for a sociological and historical leap forward such as the one sparked in America in the sixties. When, in 1965, Malcolm X was gunned down on the stage of a Harlem theater, America lost one of its eminent political thinkers. The book portion of The End of White Supremacycontains four major speeches by Malcolm X, including the famous?Chickens Come Home to Roost? speech. Together, these four speeches cast new light on a man who ranks among the great leaders and teachers of his time. Also included in the package are two audio cassettes. Here, in almost two hours of recorded material, is the stirring voice of Malcolm X himself in two parallel but very different speeches, one delivered in Harlem?s Mosque No. 7, the second at Adam Clayton Powell?s Abyssinian Baptist Church. These speeches were not broadcast but were recorded, on, Malcolm?s instructions, by one of his most trusted and faithful lieutenants, then Benjamin 2X, now Benjamin Karim.?Black Man?s History? shows Malcolm as minister and teacher, providing his Muslim audience with the cultural roots and lore he knew African-Americans needed in order to recover their pride and dignity.?The Black Revolution? is a ringing call for black separatism,?a passionate prophecy of judgment on white supremacy? (Booklist). To hear Malcolm?s words, in his own voice, is to understand why the New York Timesnot only called him?a political leader and social analyst? but likened him to?an Old Testament prophet.? The End of White World Supremacy is a collection of four major speeches by Malcolm X, including the famous "Chickens Come Home to Rooost" speech and "Black Man's History," "the Black Revolution," and "The Old Negro and the New Negro." Together, these four speeches cast new light on a man who ranks among the great leaders and teachers of his time.