Malcolm X on Oppression

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“Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression.”
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Speaking at the Audubon Ballroom in 1964, Malcolm X warned against media manipulation, highlighting its power to invert perceptions of oppressor and oppressed.
“If you aren't careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”
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“Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else.”
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