MALCOLM X Quotations from Malcolm X

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MALCOLM X. Quotations from Malcolm X (wrapper title). [2], 35 pages.12mo, 5 3/4 x 4 inches, original black and red wrappers with portrait of Malcolm X on rear wrapper, minor wear; faint vertical fold. [Stockholm, Sweden?], circa 1969-1970

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A compilation of 11 incendiary passages from Malcolm X, arranged under headers like "Waking Up," "Revolution," "Violence," and "Power." It is believed to have been published in Sweden, where the Black Panther Party was popular in 1969 and 1970, due in part to visits from Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. In 2013, a copy appeared in the trade which had belonged to the Swedish activist Berra Barden (1924-2012) bearing stamps of the "B.P.P. Solidarity Comm." in Stockholm; this copy was also sourced in Sweden. The occasional spelling errors ("misstake" and "brother hood," for example) do sound as if they may have been introduced by a fluent non-native speaker of English. The unusual typesetting of apostrophes here is consistent with their virtual non-existence in Swedish. Two examples in OCLC (Royal Library in Stockholm and Newark Public Library), and none traced at auction.