MALCOLM X We Didn't Land On Plymouth Rock March 29, 1964

we are african and we are in america we are not american we are former african people who were kidnapped and brought to america our ancestors we were not the pilgrims we did not

land

on

plymouth

rock

the

rock

was

land

ed we were brought here against our will we were not brought here to become citizens we weren't brought here to enjoy the constitutional gifts that they talk about so beautifully today because we weren't brought here to become citizens now that we are we have woken up to a certain point and we start asking for those things that say that they are supposed to be for americans they look at us with hostility and hostility if you are interested in freedom you need some judo you need some karate you need all the things that will help you fight for freedom nationalism is the wave of the present and the future is nationalism the one that is bringing freedom to people all over the world was nationalism or it was nationalism that brought freedom to Algerians that brought freedom to Nigerians and Ghanaians it was nationalism that brought freedom to the people of uganda and tanganika and sudan and somaliland the africans

didn

't get it by sitting down they

didn

't get it by messing around we'll get it singing we'll beat it they got it through nationalism and you and me will get it through nationalism what makes it hard for the philosophy of nationalism to spread among the so called number one blacks who they think have a stake in america they think who have an investment in this country that we make we invested 310 years of slave labor 310 years every day of which you and my mother and father worked for no less than eight hours a day there was no union on that day they work since sunrise until the sun goes down since they can't see in the morning until they can't see at night they never had a day off and sunday s e allowed them to sit and sing about when they die they won't be slaves no more than when they die they won't be slaves anymore they will go up to heaven and every day will be sunday that's a shame because 310 years of slave labor that went into it was my contribution to this economy in particular and the political system can give us a step back let's unite if this is what the black want let's unite with him teach him how to fight teach him how to fight teach him how to make a real revolution make him stop jiving you don't need a debate you don't need a filibuster you need some action