By the way, right at that time Birmingham had exploded, and the Negroes in Birmingham — remember, they also exploded. Everyone of that so-called Big Six — they know what happened. And you’re afraid to bleed. He was intelligent. As Reverend Cleage pointed out, “Let your blood flow In the streets.” This is a shame. Revolution knows no compromise. And if you love revolution, you love black nationalism. You didn’t come here on the “Mayflower.” You came here on a slave ship — in chains, like a horse, or a cow, or a chicken. — Fillmore Street, and Central Avenue, and 32nd Street and 63rd Street. Not only And if it is right for America to draft us, and teach us how to be violent in defense of her, then it is right for you and me to do whatever is necessary to defend our own people right here in this country. Bloodshed. This is the way it is with the white man in America. The house Negro, if the master said, “We got a good house here,” the house Negro would say, “Yeah, we got a good house here.” Whenever the master said “we,” he said “we.” That’s how you can tell a house Negro. You don’t think so? And since you’re fighting over money from white liberals, let us set up what is known as the Council for United Civil Rights Leadership. Such a shift can be attributed to his time as a member of the Nation of Islam. Let’s form this council, and all the civil-rights organizations will belong to it, and we’ll use it for fund-raising purposes.” Let me show you how tricky the white man is. They wanted some land, not some France. Not only does America have a very serious problem, but our people have a very serious problem. This speech is valuable not only because of the wisdom that Malcolm drops but also because of the history and knowledge he shares about the psychology that Black people have towards one another and with themselves. While making appeals towards Aristotle’s ethos, logos, and pathos appeals, much of his speech contains elements of what Kenneth Burke calls “identification and division.” Burke articulates that, “A is not identical to his colleague, B. The Negro in the field caught hell. He likened that character to leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Whitney young and other who were around at the time spreading a message of integration and “suffering peacefully”. That’s Tom making you nonviolent. And you, sitting around here like a knot on the wall, saying, “I’m going to love these folks no matter how much they hate me.” No, you need a revolution. I know some of you all think that some of them aren’t enemies. You don’t do that in a revolution. It used to be strong, it becomes weak.” While describing the march on Washington, he also likened it to a circus: “Nothing but a circus, with clowns and all.” Malcolm X adopted a somber tone while comparing a serious event to one that is usually fun and humorous. He told of documents that showed those same leaders partnering up with white millionaires and getting paid to be in the spotlight and have the media at their disposal. It’s just like when you’ve got some coffee that’s too black, which means it’s too strong. It used to be hot, it becomes cool. I’ll put you at the head of it. At Bandung all the nations came together. And if you got to give it up, let it be even-steven. No, preserve your life. A matter of hours went by. Malcolm X… He knows that the black revolution is world-wide in scope and in nature. Are they both the same? November 10, 1963 . They are not a part of the Negro revolution. Message to Grassroots . And during the few moments that we have left, we want to have just an off-the-cuff chat between you and me — us. How can you justify being nonviolent in Mississippi and Alabama, when your churches are being bombed, and your little girls are being murdered, and at the same time you’re going to violent with Hitler, and Tojo, and somebody else that you don’t even know? In those days they called them what they were: guts. If you don’t make it at home, you settle it at home; you get in the closet — argue it out behind closed doors. And every time you look at yourself, be you black, brown, red, or yellow — a so-called Negro — you represent a person who poses such a serious problem for America because you’re not wanted. ‘Cause someone has taught you to suffer — peacefully. The white man do the same thing to you in the street, when he want to put knots on your head and take advantage of you and don’t have to be afraid of your fighting back. If someone come to the field Negro and said, “Let’s separate, let’s run,” he didn’t say “Where we going?” He’d say, “Any place is better than here.” You’ve got field Negroes in America today. “Our Navy” — that’s a Negro that’s out of his mind. All the revolutions that’s going on in Asia and Africa today are based on what? They joined it, became a part of it, took it over. And if you came to the house Negro and said, “Let’s run away, let’s escape, let’s separate,” the house Negro would look at you and say, “Man, you crazy. They ceased to be uncompromising. You was talking the march talk on Lenox Avenue, and out on — What you call it? He speaks of house Negroes and field Negroes as two different people that have two opposite views on their existence and role. In the speech, he speaks about Black people’s mentality traced back all the way to slavery. We want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand. Whoever heard of a revolution where they lock arms, as Reverend Cleage was pointing out beautifully, singing “We Shall Overcome”? Time will tell. If the master got sick, the house Negro would say, “What’s the matter, boss, we sick?” We sick! What you and I need to do is learn to forget our differences. So we are all black people, so-called Negroes, second-class citizens, ex-slaves. Once they formed it, with the white man over it, he promised them and gave them $800,000 to split up between the Big Six; and told them that after the march was over they’d give them $700,000 more. They ceased to be hot. Burke continues with, “identification is . And within ten years that little girl become a full-grown woman. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent. We all agree tonight, all of the speakers have agreed, that America has a very serious problem. What you do?