Malcolm X Quotes

My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.

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• My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.

  

  Malcolm X
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  • Father
  • Name