Malcolm X
Flaming Red Hair, glasses and a manly goatee
King in the making, you embodied a leader to be
your speeches were feared, your words they did not expect
you are sir, by your own terms deemed Malcolm X
in prison, you received the word and left standing tall
converting to Nation of Islam, a minister they called
famed words you spoke, represents brilliant intellect
some brothers lack respect, sisters still subject of neglect
traveled to Mecca and Africa, nation gave an order of silence
your life, your words profound, hushed by a gunman’s violence
travels gained new cognition, that hatred inherited no color
ignorance has no race, but can force others in its path to suffer
telling what is true, can cause the untimely end of a leader’s life
Kennedy who stood up too, shot down by the society’s stars and strife
Dear Afro American king, a brick in house of the American story
forgiveness asked of Betty and family, in our hearts we fight for glory
‘By Any Means Necessary”
From African Heritage American Experience by Akili Amina Pictures of Malcolm X
Malcolm X: YouTube Video Interview