○  malcolm x: message to the grass roots  ○

hen you know how you can get yours straight. there's been a revolution, a black revolution, going on in africa. in kenya, the mau mau were revolutionaries; they were the ones who made the word "uhuru" [kenyan word for "freedom"]. they were the ones who brought it to the fore. the mau mau, they were revolutionaries. they believed in scorched earth. they knocked everything aside that got in their way, and their revolution also was based on land, a desire for land. in algeria, the northern part of africa, a revolution took place. the algerians were revolutionists; they wanted land. france offered to let them be integrated into france. they told france: to hell with france. they wanted some land, not some france. and they engaged in a bloody battle.

so i cite these various revolutions, brothers and sisters, to show you -- you don't have a peaceful revolution. you don't have a turn-the-other-cheek revolution. there's no such thing as a nonviolent revolution. [the] only kind of revolution that's nonviolent is the negro revolution. the only revolution based on loving your enemy is the negro revolution. the only revolution in which the goal is a desegregated lunch counter, a desegregated theater, a desegregated park, and a desegregated public toilet; you can sit down next to white folks on the toilet. that's no revolution. revolution is based on land. land is the basis of all independence. land is the basis of freedom, justice, and equality.

the white man knows what a revolution is. he knows that the black revolution is world-wide in scope and in nature. the black revolution is sweeping asia, sweeping africa, is rearing its head in latin america. the cuban revolution -- that's a revolution. they overturned the system. revolution is in asia. revolution is in africa. and the white man is screaming because he sees revolution in latin america. how do you think he'll react to you when you learn what a real revolution is? you don't know what a revolution is. if

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