TheGrio Reflects: Malcolm X rails against complacent civil rights activists

VIDEO - At a June 1964 rally, Malcolm X criticizes the Civil Rights Bill emerging from Congress...

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theGrio reflects on the life of Malcolm X with NBC Learn.

During a June 1964 rally, Malcolm X criticized the recent Civil Rights Bill, which he believed failed to encourage job opportunities or increase voter registration amongst African-Americans.

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