![]() The comics ran from 1997 to 2011 with 94 albums published. ![]() Premiering in 1997, the comics proved to be a great success propelling itself to be one of the top 5 best-selling comic strips in Flanders, together with The Adventures of Urbanus, Jommeke, Spike and Suzy, and De Kiekeboes. Primarily, the comics exhibits a humorous and fun atmosphere. This new edition bundles with the book an audio download of Malcolm's stirring delivery of "Black Man's History" in Harlem's Temple No.7 and "The Black Revolution" in the Abyssinian Baptist Church.The comics follows the television show rather closely and replicates the atmosphere and the settings faithfully. Several of the speeches include a discussion with the moderator, among whom Adam Clayton Powell, or a question-and-answer with the audience. ![]() The End of White World Supremacy contains four major speeches by Malcolm X, including: "Black Man's History," "The Black Revolution," "The Old Negro and the New Negro," and the famous "The Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost" speech ("God's Judgment of White America"), delivered after the assassination of John F. Yet, as Michael Eric Dyson has observed, "he remains relevant because he spoke presciently to the issues that matter today: black identity, the politics of black rage, the expression of black dissent, the politics of black power, and the importance of consolidating varieties of expressions within black communities-different ideologies and politics-and bringing them together under a banner of functional solidarity." When, in 1965, Malcolm X was gunned down on the stage of a Harlem theater, America lost one of its most dynamic political thinkers. ![]() No single individual can claim more important responsibility for a social and historical leap forward such as the one sparked in America in the sixties. He gave African Americans not only their consciousness but their history, dignity, and a new pride. Malcolm X remains a touchstone figure for black America and in American culture at large. The classic collection of major speeches, now bundled with an audio download of Malcolm X delivering two of them. ![]()
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