The night Malcolm X spoke at the Oxford Union : a transatlantic story of antiracial protest
Tuck, Stephen G. N.2014
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Less than two months before he was assassinated, Malcolm X spoke at the Oxford Union-the most prestigious student debating organization in the United Kingdom. Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the debate, this book brings to life the dramatic events surrounding the visit, showing why Oxford invited Malcolm X, why he accepted, and the effect of the visit on Malcolm X and British students. Stephen Tuck tells the human story behind the debate and also uses it as a starting point to discuss larger issues of Black Power, the end of empire, British race relations, immigration, and student rights.Subject: In 1964 Malcolm X faced one of the world's most prestigious debating societies at the Oxford Union.The topic under debate was "extremism in the defense of liberty". He explained the new struggle that was unfolding for both Africans and African Americans.
Main title:
The night Malcolm X spoke at the Oxford Union : a transatlantic story of antiracial protest / Stephen Tuck ; with a foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Author:
Tuck, Stephen G. N., author
Imprint:
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Collation:
256 pages ; 21 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780520279339 (hbk)
Dewey class:
320.546092HI.1TUCHI.1/TUC
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1691319