Intellectual Of The 20th Century: Malcolm X

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Malcolm X is quite possibly one of the greatest intellectuals of the 20th century. From the cadence of his speeches to the thick black glasses he would always sport, he became one of the most notable figures during his lifetime. Malcolm X was not born with that name but instead was born as Malcolm Little from Omaha, Nebraska in 1925 to Earl and Louise Little. Malcolm X was a fearless Muslim revolutionary thinker and social warrior who helped lead a group of disenfranchised people think for themselves and find their true African roots. Malcolm X was a polarizing figure back then and to this day, but he didn’t always have the same rhetoric all throughout his life. In the later part of his life he spent it traveling abroad to the Middle East and

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