Malcolm X Stood Up for Black Women When Few Others Would

How he showed up for Black women is an essential part of who he was as a civil rights leader

Feminista Jones
ZORA
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6 min readAug 7, 2020

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Malcolm X giving a speech at a rally.
American civil rights leader Malcolm X at an outdoor rally. Photo: Bob Parent/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

“The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most

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