Ep. 460 — Ken Burns
The Axe Files with David Axelrod
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Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam
Malcolm x was a formative figure for the young cassius clay, as he ushered him into the nation of islam. When malcolma fell out of favor with the nation and elijah mohammed ali turned his back on him, which was extraordinarily painful. And then an mal Malcolmex in 19 65, was then assassinated by the name ofIslam. So we're treating this as political. I think people understood that wasn't the and ashe would have done us o shows and ry po punch guisit ra is where they weren't being shelled. It's just, this is us still and is still going on.
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