Brother Malcolm

Last week was the birthday of Malcolm Little/Malcolm X/El-Hajj Malek El-Shabazz. In commemoration of his birth the students in ABLE watched Spike Lee's film which aim to capture the mood and milieu that produced what the historian, Robin Kelly, has called the 'race' rebel.
As a response to our week long conversation some students wrote (non)poems to reflect their thoughts about what "Brother" Malcolm means to them in 2009.

MUSLIM

NO NONE SENSE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST

KILLED BY OWN PEOPLE

FRIENDS WITH MLK

DIFFERENT METHODS

CAPTURING

CIVIL RIGHTS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS

Naeem Wynn

African American stood, believed, father, criticize many people, jailed taught civil rights activist. Dionni Philips

Malcolm X.........

Think great,
Muslim
public speaker

Think ......Nation Islam

Think rough start....LIFE

Being passed.....foster home
foster home

See man who stood for what believed

Didnt let anyone change that.

ALEXIS WILDER