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El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz

I was a little slow yesterday (2/21/2011). Melancholy!

This is why:

He was killed... on the 21st of February.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2PQ3XY_j2E

Taken away from us by our very own:

http://media.cleveland.com/nationworld_impact/photo/thomas-hagan-031208jpg-033e729098cd6ef9.jpg


And he is a free man:

http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2010/04/thomas_hagan_malcolm_x_assassi.html


“We Are Our Biggest Obstacle.”

The Black Rebel

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