On this day in 1963: Malcolm X talks Black voting rights in Detroit ⋆ Michigan Advance
On this day in 1963: Malcolm X talks Black voting rights in Detroit ⋆ Michigan Advance

On this day in 1963: Malcolm X talks Black voting rights in Detroit ⋆ Michigan Advance

60 years ago today…
“What you and I need to do is learn to forget our differences. When we come together, we don’t come together as Baptists or Methodists…You don’t catch hell because you’re a Baptist, and you don’t catch hell because you’re a Methodist. You don’t catch hell ’cause you’re a Methodist or Baptist. You don’t catch hell because you’re a Democrat or a Republican. You don’t catch hell because you’re a Mason or an Elk, and you sure don’t catch hell because you’re an American; because if you were an American, you wouldn’t catch hell. You catch hell because you’re a Black man. You catch hell, all of us catch hell, for the same reason.”