influential speeches of all time, “The Ballot or The Bullet.” This speech was delivered by el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, also known as Malcolm X, on April 3rd 1964 in Cleveland, Ohio. With the civil rights movement in full blast, this was one of the most historical but also oppressive time periods in American history. While the civil rights movement was in motion, the way it was to be conducted varied between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who championed non-violent resistance, and Malcolm X, who advocated militant…
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