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“We declare our right on this earth to be a man, to be a human being, to be respected as a human being…”

Source: Speech at the founding rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, New York, 28 June 1964

Context At the founding rally of the OAAU in Harlem, he framed the new group's struggle as a claim to human rights to be pursued by whatever means proved necessary.

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Malcolm XUnited States · 1925–1965
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