TONIGHT ON THE TERRORDOME: MALCOLM X ON ACHIEVING FREEDOM
6 PM Mountain Time CJSR FM-88.5 cjsr.com This Saturday, May 19, marks the 82 nd an niversary of the birth of one of the foremost Pan-Afrikanists of the 20 th Century: Malcolm X. Born in 1925 in Omaha to parents active in Marcus Garvey’s 2-million member United Negro Improvement Association , Malcolm learned by age six the danger of living while Black in the United States. His father was murdered, apparently by Klansmen. Despite this trauma, in school he wa s a top student, even becoming class president. But his teacher di smissed his desire to be lawyer, saying that being a carpenter was more realistic for “a nigger.” Following the father’s death, the family disintegrated. Teenaged Malcolm drifted away to New York and Detroit , and into a life of c rime. Finally arrested and convicted in 19 46, he was sentenced at age 21 to eight to ten years in prison where, ironically, he found new life. Through letters and visits from his brother, he became entranced with the Nation of Islam...