The first 45 seconds of "The Ballot or the Bullet" as given April 12, 1964 in Detroit
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"The Ballot or the Bullet" is the title of a public speech by human rights activist Malcolm X. In the speech, which was delivered on two occasions the first being April 3, 1964, at the Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio,[1] and the second being on April 12, 1964, at the King Solomon Baptist Church, in Detroit, Michigan.[2] Malcolm X advised African Americans to judiciously exercise their right to vote, but he cautioned that if the government continued to prevent African Americans from attaining full equality, it might be necessary for them to take up arms. It was ranked 7th in the top 100 American speeches of the 20th century by 137 leading scholars of American public address.[3][4]
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