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Some times I have trouble sleeping. Strike that, erase it. Alot of the time is about how much time I have trouble sleeping. I'm not an insomniac or at least I dont think so. My understanding is that an insomniac mentally can't go to sleep. I just think about things. and worry and think and type and think and play jazz records.
After deciding he had been a “zombie” in his worship of Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm broke with the Nation of Islam. He made a pilgrimage to Mecca, found himself floored by all the civilized people he met, came back to the United States and announced it was wrong to hate anyone.
He was challenged at every point of his life, as a Christian, as a misguided Muslim, then ultimately - when he reached the true Islam, he was assassinated for it, by the very group he idealized initially
An inspiration that will never fade.
The reason he’s such an important figure to me, personally, is because he embodies redemption. He was a deeply flawed,...