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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME’S TEN MOST IMPORTANT NONFICTION BOOKS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY The “extraordinary” (The New York Times) autobiography of the legendary civil rights leader once called the most dangerous man in America—essential reading for anyone who wants to understand...
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Around the time of World War 2, there was a popular ballroom in New York City known as the Savoy Ballroom. The Mayor of New York City at he time, Fiorello H. La Guardia for whom the Airport is named, had the Ballroom shut down. Many reasons were given for the closure, but everyone knew that the real reason was that white women would go there to find "negro" men. Those opposed to the closure said that no one forced the white women in there, they came on their own accord. Rev Adam Clayton Powell tried to fight to keep it open, but City Hall wasn't having it. They closed it down.





