A Centenary Tribute to Our Boldest Truth-Teller
May 19, 2025, marks 100 years since the birth of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, known to the world as Malcolm X—the unflinching warrior for Black dignity, the revolutionary mind who fearlessly confronted white supremacy with clarity, fire, and love for his people.
He was not America’s dream. He was our reality.
Where others whispered, Malcolm roared.
Where others assimilated, he separated.
Where others begged, he demanded.
🖤 A Man Before His Time
Born in 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm X emerged from the fire of racial terror and systemic neglect. He transformed the pain of personal loss—his father’s murder by white supremacists and his mother’s institutionalization—into a mission for global Black liberation.
By the time of his assassination at age 39, Malcolm had evolved from Nation of Islam spokesman to global Pan-Africanist, offering a vision of Black unity that transcended borders, religion, and politics. His evolution terrified the state—and inspired a generation.
✊🏾 Legacy in Living Color
100 years later, Malcolm X is more relevant than ever. In a time of surveillance capitalism, Black erasure, police brutality, and anti-Blackness in every institution, his message cuts through the noise like a blade:
“You can’t have capitalism without racism.”
He warned us. He taught us. He loved us, even when we didn’t know how to love ourselves.
Malcolm’s image—sharp suit, steely gaze, finger raised to temple—still haunts the powerful and heals the oppressed. But make no mistake: he was not a symbol. He was a strategist. An organizer. A man who risked everything for a free Black future.
💡 What Would Malcolm Say in 2025?
He’d side-eye the respectability politics.
He’d dismantle neoliberal dreams with one quote.
He’d tell us Black lives don’t just matter—they must self-determine.
He’d call out fake allies and opportunists.
He’d remind us that justice is not charity, and freedom ain’t free.
📣 A Call to the Bold Ones
As we celebrate 100 years of Malcolm X, we don’t just light candles—we carry torches. We must build on his foundation with unfiltered truth, strategic resistance, and radical Black love.
To be Black and conscious in America is to walk with Malcolm’s ghost at your side—undaunted, unbought, and unafraid.
🕯️ Happy 100th Birthday, Malcolm. We are because you were.
— 3D North Star Freedom File
