All 5 Uses of
Malcolm X
in
The Hate U Give
- Black Jesus hangs from the cross in a painting on the hallway wall, and Malcolm X holds a shotgun in a photograph next to him.
p. 34.0 *Malcolm X = militant civil rights leader (1925-1965)
- He agrees with the Nation of Islam on some stuff, but he can't get over the fact that they may have killed Malcolm X.
p. 35.2
- They have almost as many posters as Seven has, but the kind Daddy would love, like Malcolm X standing next to a window holding a rifle, Huey Newton in prison with his fist up for black power, and photographs of the Black Panthers at rallies and giving breakfast to kids.
p. 212.7
- With Malcolm X watching me on her wall, I can't lie.
p. 214.0
- Seven and I could recite Malcolm X quotes by the time we were thirteen.
p. 316.7