But Malcolm X criticized this approach, arguing that King’s actions were too pleasing to White Americans. And so even though Malcolm X was very intelligent, he dropped out of school and started engaging in criminal activity. It was while serving a ten-year sentence in prison for burglary that Malcolm X decided to continue his education. Malcolm X attended the march, but he called it “the Farce on Washington.”“I observed that circus,” Malcolm X wrote. Weeks later, Malcolm X was assassinated by members of the Nation of Islam, while delivering a speech in New York’s Audubon Ballroom.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 16, 2021 00:35 UTC