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Author:

Ambar, Saladin M.

Title:

Malcolm X at Oxford Union : racial politics in a global era / Saladin Ambar.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiii, 224 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Subject:

X, Malcolm,--1925-1965--Political and social views.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Oxford Union.
Debates and debating--England.
African Americans--Politics and government.
African Americans--Civil rights.
Civil rights--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1963-1969.
Blacks--Politics and government.
Blacks--Civil rights.
Human rights.
Civil rights.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-211) and index.

Contents:

Prologue 1964 -- 1. Introduction: "This is an interesting despatch" -- 2. Extremism: "The revolution is now on the inside of the house" -- 3. Liberty: "Please forward by any means necessary" -- 4. Moderation "It is no part of the moderate to refuse to fight" -- 5. Justice "To take up arms against a sea of troubles" -- 6. Virtue "Authentic Revolutionary" -- Epilogue: "Defiance".

Summary:

"In 1964 Malcolm X was invited to debate at the Oxford Union Society at Oxford University. The topic of debate that evening was the infamous phrase from Barry Goldwater's 1964 Republican Convention speech:"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." At a time when Malcolm was traveling widely and advocating on behalf of blacks in America and other nations, his thirty minute speech at the Oxford Union stands out as one of the great addresses of the civil rights era"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Transgressing boundaries: Studies in Black politics and Black communities

ISBN:

0199975477 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780199975471 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)861966353

LCCN:

2013026072

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)