TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ambar, Saladin M.
TI  - Malcolm X at Oxford Union: racial politics in a global era
SN  - 9780199975471
U1  - 320.5AMB 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - X, Malcolm, 1925-1965--Political and social views
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-211) and index
N2  - In 1964 Malcolm X was invited to debate at the Oxford Union Society at Oxford University. The topic of debate that evening was the infamous phrase from Barry Goldwater's 1964 Republican Convention speech:"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." At a time when Malcolm was traveling widely and advocating on behalf of blacks in America and other nations, his thirty minute speech at the Oxford Union stands out as one of the great addresses of the civil rights era"
ER  -