Malcolm X | Women's eco-friendly ribbed collar t-shirt

A creation by artist Camille Laforcenée

• 100% organic ring-spun combed cotton
• Fabric weight: 180 g/m² (5.3 oz/yd²)
• Regular fit
• The fabric of this product is certified for its organic cotton content

*Sizes run larger on the European market. Customers in this region should order one size down.

RESPECT BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY

MALCOLM X (1925-1965) - UNITED STATES

Born in 1925 to a Garveyite father murdered in 1931 by the Ku Klux Klan and a mother institutionalized by social services, he was placed in foster care before a prison term during which he educated himself through intensive reading. Replacing the name given under slavery with the letter X, Malcolm X joined the black nationalist religious organization Nation of Islam, becoming its spokesperson. His fiery speeches against integrationist Blacks and white supremacists captivated the youth and forged the concept of Black Power.

In 1960, he hosted Fidel Castro and several anti-colonialist leaders in Harlem. Excluded from the NOI for his remarks linking the assassination of John Kennedy to the violence of white America, Malcolm X went on a pilgrimage to Mecca, followed by a tour of Africa and the Middle East. Influenced by Kwame Nkrumah's Pan-Africanism, he came to understand that the struggle for civil rights in the United States was a struggle for human rights.

Seeking support to condemn the U.S. government before the United Nations, he created the Organization of Afro-American Unity a few months before his assassination on February 21, 1965, in Harlem.

A creation by artist Camille Laforcenée

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