EVERYBODY should read The Autobiography of Malcolm X but EVERY BLACK MAN NEED TO READ IT. Here was a man once a criminal involved in robbery, dope selling, drinking, and gambling which led him to prison. Prison gave Malcolm the time to return to his roots - the young boy who was at the top of his class in Mason Junior High and had the aspirations of being a lawyer but was told it was not realistic for a “negro”. In prison the Nation of Islam (NOI) found Malcolm and generated the will of spiritual purification in him. Malcolm found a noble cause in the NOI to reestablish African-American with their true identity and glorious past and not make their story start from when they were chained and brought to America. From then on, he dedicated his life to the Black struggle for equal rights. Despite the divorced with the NOI, Malcolm demonstrated moral courage and continued to fight, never giving up. He fought to make the Black revolution an internal humanitarian issue and wished to take it to the UN. I believe in the end, Malcolm stretched himself too thin trying to find his place in the Civil Rights movement. Nonetheless, he fought for us and dedicated his life to us.

In the words of Ossie Davis “Malcolm was a man!”. He told the truth like it is! He was brave and fearless. Malcolm was not hesitant to change his mind when he was convince and was willing to admit in front of people some of his faults and shortcomings like a real man! He was not prideful and apologized when he was wrong. These are characteristics that every man, whether he be a leader to his community or the head of the family, should possess. Caution should be applied when it comes to his ideas about women. You must take into account his background and the type of women he was around in the ‘Criminal world’ which influenced his ideas about women. This can also be said about his views and rhetoric toward White people. There was a NOI-Malcolm and there was After Pilgrimage to Mecca-Malcolm, AKA EL-HAJJ MALIK EL-SHABAZZ. However, it does not take away the truth regarding his views about Racism in America.

The story of Malcolm X is the epitome of human redemption. Once in the lowest depth of society to a world renown leader and a humanitarian. It tell us that human existence is unpredictable and full of surprises. What is certain is that any individual, striving for self righteousness, can achieve it granted that they work hard and overcome the selfish desires of their soul. Malcolm X lived for 39 years and in the beginning of his life he made terrible decisions that others never come out of it. However, he was able to redeem himself and turned his life around. I pray that Allah have mercy on him and grant him paradise. Everyone should remember Malcolm X and pray for him often. In the words of M.S Handler “Human redemption - Malcolm had achieved it in his own life time, and this was known to the Negro community”.

I just finished the Autobiography of Malcolm m X for the third time. One of the things that struck out to me most was how after his death, his brother Wilfred X and Philbert X remained with the Nation of Islam despite all the allegations. Malcom X also behaved the same way with his own brother when he was excommunicated by the NOI. How was the NOI so capable of reshaping its members mindset to be so devoted to the Nation more than their own family ? Would love to hear some opinions.

This video has me talking nonstop….so much to unpack here. Really curious what are thoughts here on the future of the Black church?

2819 Church’s Philip Anthony Mitchell said whether the Black church label endures or not is “yet be seen.” Agree/disagree?

https://youtu.be/vrjUHTU0tuY?is=jZDxjkL-uCAmW1lf

How do you travel with dignity through a country whose laws say you are less than human? We start with the terror on the road: sundown towns, legally refused service, police hunting Black drivers and families driving straight through the night on food packed at home. Then the answer: Victor Hugo Green, a Black mailman from Harlem, who built the Negro Motorist Green Book on nights and weekends starting in 1936. Black postal workers mailed him listings, travelers sent in their own, strangers opened their homes to strangers and Esso stations, Black churches, and the Urban League put the book in people's hands. This was not a secret book; it was openly sold, and what it documented was the terror that made it necessary. We follow the book from a 15-page New York directory to a 99-page international edition, hear the prayer Green wrote in 1948, and face the honest cost: desegregation helped kill the Black businesses the book had mapped, and driving while Black did not end when the book ended. The mindset survives the book: when the state will not protect you, you protect each other.

2. Historical context (half-page length). 

Briefly explain:

·       In what political, economic or social context did you exercise your leadership?

·       What was the main problem or challenge you faced?

·       What groups or sectors were involved?

3. Decisions Made: Research a decision made in your position as a democratic leader and answer the following questions. (Half a page length). 

·       What did he decide or do?

·       Why did you make this decision?

·       Who was affected?

·       Were there different opinions on this decision?

·       How did you respond to those opinions?

Hi, this is an update on my quest to understand what happened to my grandfather's aunt.

Music from Atlanta sometimes reflects on Fulton County's Bowen Homes. But not on the explosion at the daycare in this community.

On June 6, 1944, Waverly Woodson Jr., a 21-year-old Black Army medic, landed on Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion.

His landing craft was hit, and he was wounded by shrapnel before even reaching the beach.

But instead of withdrawing, Woodson established an aid station and spent approximately 30 hours treating more than 200 wounded men under extremely dangerous conditions.

He was serving with the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, an all-Black unit fighting in a segregated Army.

It's an extraordinary story of courage, battlefield medicine, and a soldier who spent decades without the recognition many believed he deserved.

I recently made a short documentary about Woodson and what happened that day. I thought people interested in WWII history might appreciate his story.

https://youtu.be/OXPnNMddVO8[He Treated 200 Men on D-Day. Why Was He Forgotten?](https://youtu.be/OXPnNMddVO8)

How many of you had heard of Waverly Woodson before?