Malcolm X - Ballot or Bullet

"The Ballot or The Bullet" was a speech by Malcolm X mostly about black nationalism delivered April 12, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan. This speech is in the public domain. Originally obtained from the Vincent Voice Library at Michigan State University.

The transcript of this speech is now built into this youtube video. However, due to the recording quality, youtube's auto-sync loses it's place throughout the video. Clicking on the transcript button under video will allow you to follow along on your own however.

If you'd like to edit the timing, feel free
http://thejaredwilcurt.com/temp/mxbb.sbv

I've made the audio for this video and it's unedited transcript available here.
http://thejaredwilcurt.com/temp/malcolmxballotorbullet.zip

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[atownshawtypimp1]

Idk if yall don't get it but he speaks black because we were water hosed, hung, shot unjustly, given unfair trails. He's not tainted in his words you were not there to experience his life. You know his father was murdered by a white man. He speaks for those oppressed and close to him and he had all rights to. But nowadays the problem is on everyone but blacks still suffer the most and those are facts. American nightmare is our dreams still. Look up the numbers of unemployment!

[CaptainJones32]

America is a Capitalist country still, a huge percentage of the black people are still the poorest people in America. The mission of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz and Dr. Martin Luther King will never be completed until capitalism has been destroyed. People need to arise from their slumbers and realize that all notions of freedom, equality, humanism, dignity and security do not exist in Capitalism and actually listen to the words of revolutionaries.

[will2klaw1]

This speech is a good as going to see a bock buster movier of your favorite music artist as i'm just sitting here listening giving me chills... So i decided to post it on FB and i guess my fellow young nation not feeling it..lol SMH..It's all good though.

[greenwoodcedrick76]

@akilah1595 shut up

[modelcitizen72]

Without titans like MLK and Malcolm X, America would still be a filthy apartheid state, worthy of infamy and derision. Bless their memories.

[righteousemusic]

This is the greatest speech ever made period. Malcolm X exposed the problem, and gave us an answer to the problem... Black Nationalism.

[TheRealPadfoot]

33:46 sounds like we're about to get a dubstep remix.

[Sileni]

@akilah1595 Then stay off the internet because you come off sounding Wishy-Washy!

[akilah1595]

@Sileni look dude or dudet, whoever the hell u are. never asked for a comment or a rude one at that. just stating my opinion. didn't say i didn't like it, just said it was boring and plz do not use badwords. they make u sound vacuous.

[MikeyCollie1990]

STOP THE NEW WORLD ORDER.

[Sileni]

@politicaltoyou That is soo true. 

[Sileni]

@Streamline09 Oh wow. A small world...