Question

Which of the following civil rights leaders made the following statement? 1Points "When this country here was first being founded, there were thirteen colonies. The whites were colonized. They were fed up with this taxation without representation. So some of them stood up and said, 'Liberty or death!' I went to a white school over here in Mason, Michigan. The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot, and George Washington—wasn’t nothing non-violent about ol' Pat, or George Washington." 1964 A Elijah Muhammad B Stokely Carmichael C Martin Luther King Jr. D Malcolm X

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Malcolm X

Explanation:

Malcolm X was an African American civil rights activist, religious leader, and one of the leaders of the Nation of Islam, a religious and political organization that fought for the rights of African American people. He was one of the most important references in the civil rights movements during the 60's. The statement shown was said by him in the speech known as "the ballot or the bullet", which he expressed in 1964 at King Solomon Baptist Church in Detroit after he abandoned Nation of Islam. In that speech he uses his usual strong rhetoric, where he expresses his political philosophy.

Answer 2

This was said by Malcolm X.