What is the meaning behind Malcolm xs speech the ballot or the bullet?
Hi Cici, not being an expert on American politics, I think the idea behind the speech that whilst people went on killing, just because somebody was different (usually through colour and race) nothing would ever change, because, someone, whether they be coloured, or Caucasian, would be looking for revenge. The only way forward was through legal methods, meaning that the ballot box was the answer. By getting enough votes to force changes through democratically, chosen by the majority of people , was the only way ahead. The racists, on both sides, were probably only a minority, yet by trying to push mob rule, and putting fear into the people who opposed their ideas, they hoped to gain control, and make things right for them first, and if it so happened it made it good for someone else. Then that was OK too. Throughout history, people have tried to bully others into submission by any means, but Malcolm x ( the ‘ x’ possibly being the mark made on the ballot paper), had realised it was not
