Russell Rickford - AAIHS

Rebuilding the Robesonian Labor Movement

This post is an amended version of a speech delivered at the Tompkins County Workers Center’s Labor Day Picnic at

“We have a duty to fight for our freedom. We have a duty to win.” – Assata Shakur Watching the

“The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.”- Steven Biko Muhammad Ali

It is virtually forbidden–as an unpatriotic act–that the American boy evolve into the complexity of manhood. –James Baldwin The dominant

Writing about Malcolm X can feel like stepping into a whirlpool. The further one ventures beneath the currents, the more