Revolutionary Black Liberation Leader in the U.S.
1925-1965
No, I'm not an American. I'm one of the 22 million black people who are the victims of Americanism.
One of the 22 million black people who are the victims of democracy, nothing but disguised hypocrisy. So, I'm not
standing here speaking to you as an American, or a patriot, or a flag-saluter, or a flag-waver - no; not I.
I'm speaking as a victim of this American system. And I see America through the eyes of the victim. I don't see any
American dream; I see an American nightmare.
Excerpt from Malcolm X Speech on April 12, 1964
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