Another way to put it: Malcolm X was authentic in everything he did, and that was something this country needed.
He was able to articulate more clearly than anyone else the implications of being black in America: that the only way to succeed in any way was by trying to act white.
Thanks in large part to his activism, that is far less true today.
He was able to articulate more clearly than anyone else the implications of being black in America: that the only way to succeed in any way was by trying to act white.
Thanks in large part to his activism, that is far less true today.