Dr. William Sales, author of From Civil Rights to Black Liberation: Malcolm X and the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU), joined us this morning. We discussed his thoughts on Malcolm X, the OAAU and the political direction in which he saw Malcolm going, as well as, discrepancies between the versions of Malcolm X held by Sales and Manning Marable. We also aired the recent comments on Marable’s book offered by Dr. Rosemari Mealy whose powerful views of Malcolm X from that of a Black Nationalist freedom fighter womanist are often ignored. All this plus some musical tribute to Gil Scott-Heron and Geronimo Ji-Jagga Pratt and more in this week’s show.
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Peace, Thank you brother Jared for having brother William Sales on the show. I totally agree,(From Civil Rights to Black Liberation: Malcolm X and the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU)by brother Sales is a classic on Malcolm’s political thought and development of the OAAU. I encourage all to pick up the book.
WOW! Good to hear my former Seton Hall University professor kicking hard here! And the mix of topics, etc. worked well!
good one