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Malcolm X’s life began and ended a nightmare. Born into the midst of generational racial violence and killed by the intersection of racial and religious tension, Malcolm was no stranger to the worst and most violent aspects of American society. But even in the face of such despair and struggle, Malcolm X had a guarded outlook.
His true nightmare was not the nightmare which started and helped end his life. It was that blacks would once again fall victim to another system of injustice and racism more sinister than the last because they believed their struggles would end with massive legislative victories.
Was he right? Pour over some of his speeches and written words fundamental to understanding Malcolm’s evolution across the years.
Though popular memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. largely focuses on his “I Have A Dream” speech, we’re taking a look at some of King’s equally powerful but easily forgotten speeches. Join us in annotating King’s legacy, including his critiques of American society as it dealt with poverty, racism, militarism, and materialism.
The Space Transportation System (the official title for what we all know as the Space Shuttle) was born in the sixties, but didn’t launch astronauts into space until 1981. Along the way, myriad obstacles – ranging from the political to the scientific – emerged for the five U.S. presidents, seven NASA administrators, and hundreds of staffers and scientists who sought to send human beings to Earth’s outer orbit. In this announcement, President Nixon made all of that work public, touching off the race to the program’s first mission.
