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The Influence of Malcolm X on Clarence Thomas

Wachie Wilick was one of the first academics to write about how Malcolm X and his black nationalist ideas influenced a young Clarence Thomas. Black nationalism is the sense that black people can accomplish whatever we would want on our own if we rely on ourselves and work together, she says. "I was tired of being in the minority, and I was tired of turning the other cheek," he said.

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