We didn't land on Plymouth Rock; the rock was landed on us.

Malcolm X

The Ballot or the Bullet

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Topic

Black experience

Speaker

Malcolm X

Source

The Ballot or the Bullet

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech

Statement Type

Inversion

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Black activist Civil rights activist Activist

From

United States

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Citation

Malcolm X. "The Ballot or the Bullet." 29 Mar. 1964, Audubon Ballroom, Washington Heights, NY, USA.

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It seems reasonable to envision, for a time 10 or 15 years hence, a "thinking center" that will incorporate the functions of present-day libraries together with anticipated advances in information storage and retrieval... The picture readily enlarges itself into a network of such centers, connected to one another by wide-band communication lines and to individual users by leased-wire services.

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J.C.R. Licklider
Language
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Time
1960 1960s 20th century
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Citation

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Speaker
Andrew Jackson
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Citation

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