The night Malcolm X spoke at the Oxford Union : a transatlantic story of antiracist protest / Stephen Tuck ; with a foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Date :

Editeur / Publisher : Oakland, Calif. : University of California Press , cop. 2014

Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-0-520-27933-9

X -- Malcolm -- 1925-1965

Oxford Union -- GB -- 1945-1970

Mouvements des droits civiques -- 20e siècle

Racisme -- Lutte contre -- Grande-Bretagne -- Oxford (Angleterre, GB) -- 20e siècle

Classification Dewey : 323.1196/073

Gates, Henry Louis (1950-....) (Préfacier, etc. / author of introd)

Collection : The George Gund foundation imprint in African American studies / Berkeley (Calif.) : Univ. of California press

Résumé / Abstract : Less than three months before he was assassinated, Malcolm X spoke at the Oxford Union the most prestigious student debating organization in the UK. Marking the fiftieth anniversary of the debate, this book brings to life the events surrounding the visit, showing why Oxford invited Malcolm X, why he accepted, and the effect he had on the students