Malcolm X was a civil rights hero who spoke about black pride and black nationalism in the 1950s and early 1960s. To get to this point, he reinvented and redeemed himself through education and religion. Discussed in this episode: The life and words of Malcolm X, Black Nationalism, The Black Panther Party, racism in the United States, the negative effects of a lack of role models, low expectations for success imposed on African Americans, lack of opportunity for African Americans, and Malcolm X's redemption through reading, self-directed education and religion.

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