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Lilly Dangle
Professor Farrish
Honors 101B
4/27/16
The Ballot or the Bullet
The speech I will be analyzing is The Ballot or the Bullet by human rights activist
Malcolm X. Malcolm X renamed himself X to signify the loss of his African heritage. He
converted to the Nation of Islam to later become Black Muslims' most dynamic street orator and
recruiter. The Ballot or the Bullet was delivered on April 3rd, 1964, at Cory Methodist Church in
Cleveland, Ohio. Race strongly dominated America’s domestic agenda at the time. Malcolm X
passionately delivered this speech, as this was a very controversial topic in the African American
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