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To: Kenny Bunk

Starts here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278969/posts?page=402#402

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SEKOU ODINGA (Nathaniel Burns.)

“The teachings of Malcolm X, who was then with the Nation of Islam, became a big influence on me at that time. After my release, I became involved in Black political activity in New York, especially revolutionary, nationalist politics. In 1964, I also became involved in the Cultural Nationalist movement. By 1965, I had joined the organization of African American Unity, founded by El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X). I began to move with and among many young African Nationalists. My political consciousness was growing daily. I was reading and listening to many Afrikan Nationalists from Africa and the U.S. and became convinced that only after a successful armed struggle would New Afrikans gain freedom and self-determination. I also became convinced that integration would never solve the problems faced by New Afrikans...

http://www.thetalkingdrum.com/bla1.html


875 posted on 07/28/2012 8:52:05 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (FAIR DINKUM)
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BTTT for an excellent research thread.


876 posted on 08/05/2012 9:33:34 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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