The Emancipation Debates of the National Negro Convention movement clarified a variety of strategies and tactics: united front cooperation with liberal whites, militant armed struggle, and other forms of collective self-determination including emigration, moral suasion, and electoral participation. The debates were carried out by such leaders as Samuel Cornish, founder of the first Black newspaper, Richard Allen, founder of the first Black church, James Forten, Martin R Delaney, David Walker, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglas, Henry Highland Garnet, and others.
These meetings ranged in size from 15 to several hundred, but they reflected the views of millions. In the 20th century the debate has been about SELF-DETERMINATION, freedom from urban capitalist structures, especially in terms of culture, economic life, and political power.įrom 1830 through the Civil War, Black activists and community leaders met in local, state, and national conventions to discuss their views on ending slavery and improving the lives of Black people. In the 19th century the main debate that shaped our radical tradition was the EMANCIPATION debate, how to end slavery and institutionalize freedom. This fight is clarified through militant action and vigorous debate. It proves that Black people have always fought for progress and a better life. The radical Black tradition is about change. Denied their true history, exploited as workers, raped and ravaged of their humanity, the Europeans attempted to turn Black people into deaf, dumb, and blind slaves who hate themselves and love their oppressors. We study Malcolm to learn how we can keep the tradition alive by making our original contribution to it.Įurocentrism has snatched Black people out of human history, and rewritten world history based on racist lies. We study Malcolm because he is a window through which we can see and understand this tradition.
But not only that Malcolm X was a living representative of our great radical tradition of struggle created by millions of people whose names we will never know. Malcolm was a great person because of his bold honesty and sacrifice, his intellectual power and brilliant rap.
If ever we needed what Malcolm X stood for we need it now! Dig the problems we face-homeless people living on the street, whole families without jobs or hope, drugs more common than soap and water, racial violence exploding on the campus and in the community-including vicious murders and police cover-ups. People are searching for a radical Black perspective, especially young Black people who want a more militant leadership and a By any means necessary type of commitment. The Legacy of Malcolm X is Militant Action
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