We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; the rock was landed on us.

Malcolm X

The Ballot or the Bullet

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Topic

Black experience

Speaker

Malcolm X

Source

The Ballot or the Bullet

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Inversion

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Black activist Civil rights activist Activist

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United States

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Citation

Malcolm X. "The Ballot or the Bullet." 29 Mar. 1964, Audubon Ballroom, Washington Heights, NY, USA.

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That's our motto. We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.

Malcolm X

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Topic
Black freedom struggle
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Malcolm X
Medium
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Genre
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Language
English
Time
1964 1960s 20th century
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Malcolm X. Speech at the founding rally of Organization of Afro-American Unity. Founding rally of Organization of Afro-American Unity. 28 June 1964, Audubon Ballroom, New York City, NY, USA.

Another quote from the 1960s

For the record, prejudices can kill, and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own for the children, and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone.

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Source
The Twilight Zone
Medium
TV program
Genre
Science fiction (TV) Science fiction
Language
English
Time
1960 1960s 20th century
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Citation

"The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street." The Twilight Zone, written by Rod Serling, directed by Ron Winston, season 1, episode 22, Cayuga Productions and CBS Television Network, 1960.

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I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I Have a Dream

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Racial equality Equality Civil rights
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I Have a Dream
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1963 1960s 20th century
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Citation

King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.