This story first aired on May 18, 2022. It aired most recently in the February 20, 2025 episode of Crosscurrents.
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Today marks 59 years since the assassination of the man known as Malcolm X. He is most widely associated with his work in Harlem, but the Bay Area mattered to him. He gave speeches in San Francisco, and Oakland, and the University of California-Berkeley. And it's here where Malcom X cemented an important friendship with Egyptian diplomat Tahseen Bashir. For Bashir, Malcolm X was the rare leader who had more questions than answers.
It took me some time to figure him out…but the part that I figured out was this man had leadership qualities and he’s looking for answers to many questions in his mindTahseen Bashir
