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DESCRIPTION:May 17, 2015, Malcolm X Celebration in Bayview Hunters Point, SF\n 
 "MalcolmX Day: CLAIM IT !" (SF Org. Committee) \n\n\n\nMalcolm X Day - San 
 Francisco is part of a national effort to declare May 19th, the birthday of 
 Malcolm X / El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, an official holiday. \n\nMalcolm X 
 Day will be celebrated in San Francisco's Bayview District on Sunday May 
 17th with free outdoor music and guest speakers (subject to change). 
 \n\nPerformers include local rappers and poets Selassie, Talea Monet, 
 Jabari Shaw and Ras Ceylon. \n\nCommunity restaurants will serve free food. 
 \n\nThe event is dedicated to raising awareness of, and seeking solutions 
 for, current challenges faced by San Francisco residents\n - 
 gentrification, unemployment, lack of local hiring, poverty, racist 
 discrimination and police brutality\n - in the context of the ideology and 
 principles of Malcolm X. \n\nMalcolm X Day - San Francisco \ncelebrates the 
 life, work, ideology and leadership of a man whose relevance to American 
 society remains as powerful and important today as it was during his 
 lifetime.\n\nHis acute intelligence, personal integrity and search for 
 truth and justice transformed him from a young disadvantaged boy to Harlem 
 criminal to prisoner, \nfrom dynamic Nation of Islam minister to a powerful 
 global human rights leader. \n\nHe strove unceasingly and uncompromisingly 
 to gain unity, self-respect and self-determination for all Afrikan/Black 
 peoples of the world \nand believed in achieving black freedom \nBY ANY 
 MEANS NECESSARY. \n\nHis life and work can be an inspiration to all of us 
 \nregardless of race, religion or economic status. \n\nMay 19th - National 
 Malcolm X Day - \nseeks to restore his true ideology and principles, \nand 
 to challenge the willfully wrong "violent white hate" message propagated by 
 the white power structure\n that purposely excludes him from the American 
 education system and mainstream culture.\n\n Just as the work of Martin 
 Luther King Jr. has been distorted to represent a pacifistic acceptance of 
 state and societal brutality and oppression,\n the work of Malcolm X has 
 been wrongfully relegated to a dusty FBI file cabinet marked for "hate 
 groups".\n\n These distortions, and the government's assignation of an 
 official day of "peace" - Martin Luther King Jr. Day \n- are designed to 
 further the power structure's agenda \nof oppression and exploitation of 
 people of color. \n\nUnlike the official National MLK Day, \nwhich has been 
 reduced to a token celebration by government institutions, \nMalcolm X Day 
 reflects a true and powerful message that unifies and strengthens all 
 oppressed people in the United States.\n\n It is a day of deep meaning and 
 social empowerment that celebrates Brother Malcolm X’s vision, work and 
 legacy.\n\n In honoring Our Shining Black Prince we honor the best in 
 ourselves. \n\nPlease show your support for Malcolm X Day - San Francisco 
 by joining us at our May 17th public event \nfrom 1:00-4:00 \nat Kenneth 
 Harding Plaza (Third Street and Palou). \n\nThat Sunday afternoon will be 
 one of several Bay Area weekend events honoring Malcolm X,\nand is 
 dedicated to raising awareness for the national call-out on the following 
 Tuesday, May 19th:\n\n Malcolm X Day - No School! No Work! Buy Black! 
 \n\nLocal Businesses are encouraged to support this event. Current 
 supporters include\n JJ's Fish;\nThe Roadhouse; \nKrispy Krunchy Chicken 
 \nandThe African Outlet. \n\nOrganizers: \nBilal Mafundi Ali; Sylvia Rorem; 
 La Mesha Irizarry and Jeremy Miller of The Idriss Stelley Foundation. 
 \n\nConnect with us on our Malcolm X Day \n- San Francisco page on 
 Facebook: \n\nhttp://www.facebook.com/events/371319149705588/ \n\nor call 
 Bilal Ali @ 415-860-3921 for more information.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/04/27/18771583.php
SUMMARY:"MalcolmX Day: CLAIM IT !"
LOCATION:Malcolm X Day will be celebrated in San Francisco's Bayview District on 
 Sunday May 17th with free outdoor music and guest speakers Performers 
 include local rappers and poets Selassie, Talea Monet, Jabari Shaw and Ras 
 Ceylon. Community restaurants will serve free food.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/04/27/18771583.php
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