An Analysis Of Malcom X's Speech 'The Ballot Or The Bullet'

Do you know what segregation is? In his speech “The Ballot or the Bullet” Malcom x gave a very powerful speech to address racial injustice and oppressions of the black communities in the mid 20th century. Malcom X, a civil right black activist was advocating for the rights of African American from the white liberals who were in the government. His speech was about black nationalism and influencing them not to vote for democrats. He said, “what is a dixiecrat? A democrat. A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in disguise”. X used strong dialect to remind the African Americans that they were living in America where it’s the land of free but they were not free. X was informing them that he was not against the whites, but he was against exploitation