HISTORY
Malcolm X Was A Black Nationalist
A critical analysis of the facts
Nationalism
It has been stated over the years by liberals, some white supremacists, and integrationists that Malcolm X was not a Black nationalist when he was killed in 1965. I read it again on Medium recently. I have read it multiple times over the last few years. This is also the message of Spike Lee’s famous film, X.
But El Hajj Malik El Shabazz was a black nationalist when he was murdered at the Audubon Ballroom in February 1965.
Most of the time, those asserting he was no longer a nationalist point to his estrangement from the Nation of Islam beginning in 1963. But Malcolm X, despite his reassessment of racial issues in the world, was a Black nationalist.
OAAU
In June 1964, he announced the formation of the OAAU — the Organization of Afro-American Unity. This decision is rooted in his experience in Africa. When African nations on the continent were able to gain their political independence, the nations then formed the Organization of African Unity, a Pan-African organization. Malcolm’s OAAU was designed similarly to the OAU.
In the founding documents of OAAU, Malcolm and the other members declare that “it is the inalienable…
