File #: Res 0332-2004    Version: * Name: Commemorating the 79th birthday of Malcolm X on May 19th, 2004.
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations
On agenda: 5/5/2004
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution commemorating the 79th birthday of Malcolm X on May 19th, 2004.
Sponsors: Bill Perkins, Maria Baez, Charles Barron, Yvette D. Clarke, Margarita Lopez, Annabel Palma, James Sanders, Jr., Larry B. Seabrook, Jose M. Serrano, Albert Vann, Robert Jackson, Kendall Stewart, Sara M. Gonzalez, John C. Liu, Hiram Monserrate, Miguel Martinez
Council Member Sponsors: 16
Attachments: 1. Hearing Transcript, 2. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5/19
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
5/19/2004*Bill Perkins City Council Approved, by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
5/19/2004*Bill Perkins Committee on Contracts Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
5/19/2004*Bill Perkins Committee on Contracts Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/5/2004*Bill Perkins City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
5/5/2004*Bill Perkins City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available

Res. No. 332

 

Resolution commemorating the 79th birthday of Malcolm X on May 19th, 2004.

 

By Council Members Perkins, Baez, Barron, Clarke, Lopez, Palma, Sanders, Seabrook, Serrano, Vann, Jackson, Stewart, Gonzalez, Liu, Monserrate and Martinez

 

                     Whereas, Malcolm X is one of America’s leading figures in the movement for Black liberation in the United States and was active in the civil rights movement during the 1960’s; and

Whereas, Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska to  Louisa Norton Little and Earl Little, a Baptist Minister who’s outspoken civil rights activism prompted death threats from the white supremacist organization Black Legion forcing Malcolm’s family to relocate twice before Malcolm’s fourth birthday; and

Whereas, Malcolm X excelled in school and graduated Junior High School at the top of  his class and was discouraged from pursuing his desire to become a lawyer by a teacher who told him that becoming a lawyer was “no realistic goal for a ni----er” destroying Malcolm’s interest in school; and

Whereas, Malcolm fell into a life of crime and was sentenced to seven years in prison in 1946 and used this time to further his education and to study the teachings of Nation of Islam (NOI) leader Elijah Muhammad; and

Whereas, By the time Malcolm was paroled in 1952 he was a devoted follower of the NOI and had adopted a new name, Malcolm X; and

Whereas, Malcolm X was appointed a minister and national spokesman for the NOI and was responsible for the establishment of new mosques in cities across the United States including Mosque No. 7 in Harlem, New York; and

Whereas, Malcolm X grew further in his faith and went on a religious pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 1964 and returned to the United States having adopted the name of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz and preaching a message of unity to all races; and

Whereas, At a speaking engagement in the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem on February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was shot 15 times and was pronounced dead at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital at the age of 39 and was funeralized at the Faith Temple Church of God In Christ in Harlem on February 27, 1965 where over 1500 mourners attended his funeral; and

Whereas, Malcolm X is a symbol of courage and strength and is recognized as a hero to many Americans; and his widow, Dr. Betty Shabazz, continued his tradition of supporting social justice and educational excellence; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Council of the City of New York commemorates May 19th, 2004 as Malcolm X’s 79th birthday.

 

 

LS#946