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Unidentified FAMU student speaking during memorial meeting at the Benjamin Banneker Technical Center in Tallahassee.

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, M87- 27, Box 18
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African American universities and colleges--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
Afrocentrism
Black nationalism
Black power
Civil rights
Political rights
Social rights
African Americans--Politics and government--Attitudes
Public meetings
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African Americans--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African American college students--Florida--Leon County--Tallahassee
African Americans--Social conditions--Attitudes
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In tribute the building was symbolically renamed Malcolm X Hall to illuminate the social and political conditions of black people as addressed within Malcolm X's philosophy: "They cripple the bird's wing, and then condemn it for not flying as fast as they." Students from the black studies program announced demands aimed at building a "blacker university."

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Unidentified FAMU student speaking during memorial meeting at the Benjamin Banneker Technical Center in Tallahassee. 1969. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/275135>, accessed 27 June 2025.
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Unidentified FAMU student speaking during memorial meeting at the Benjamin Banneker Technical Center in Tallahassee. 1969. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/275135>
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