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3 unusual facts about Message to the Grass Roots


Message to the Grass Roots

In 2008, shortly after the election of Barack Obama, the first African-American president, al-Qaeda released a videotape that included a statement by Ayman al-Zawahiri, who called Obama a "house Negro" and contrasted him with "honorable Black Americans" such as Malcolm X.

Regarding the March on Washington, theologian James Cone writes that "Malcolm's language was harsh, but it was the truth".

He said the impetus behind the march was the masses of African Americans, who were angry and threatening to march on the White House and the Capitol.



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