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Dates: during 1960-1969
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That night he spoke of brotherhood and his willingness to help civil rights leaders as he later tried to help Martin King in Selma. And yet at the Law School Forum he questioned whether a "certain Negro leader" should receive a peace prize when there was no peace...

Author: By Archie C. Epps, | Title: Malcolm X: Courage and Violent Death | 3/3/1965 | See Source »

Another barrier to East-West concord is a fundamental philosophical disagreement about the meaning of peaceful coexistence. Poland's Schaff, the most articulate of the five Communists who spoke at the convocation, described the term grandly as a "noble competition for the minds and brains of the people" between rival ideologies. Both Kennan and Belgium's Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak answered that it is hard for the West to consider the competition "noble" so long as the Reds deny personal liberty and depend on rule by coercion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE REQUIREMENTS OF PEACE | 2/26/1965 | See Source »

...most part, Delano was given a polite reception when he spoke in classes. But in at least one instance, an anthropology class, "just where you'd expect the best reception," every-one was rather cynical, according to another senior...

Author: By Sanford J. Ungar, | Title: Harvard Peace Corps Sign-Ups Drop 20% | 2/26/1965 | See Source »

...When Malcolm spoke, people [in Africa] listened and they were fascinated with his eloquence. A lot of the things he said were things they wanted to have said, but lacked the equipment...

Author: By Parker Donham, | Title: Nieman Fellow Recalls Experiences With Malcolm X | 2/24/1965 | See Source »

Kakasa said he was "very shocked" to learn of Malcolm's death. "The fact that Malcolm was what he was, and that he was allowed to be, spoke well, I think for the United States. But the fact that he was killed in this way will detract from that credit...

Author: By Parker Donham, | Title: Nieman Fellow Recalls Experiences With Malcolm X | 2/24/1965 | See Source »

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