In the Middle East, he would learn that diverse people could live in harmony and his rhetoric would become unifying, although it could be argued that this change began in his performance of “The Ballot or the Ball” The Ballot or the Ball. Just months after this speech, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, banning discrimination. Most of the credit for this breakthrough goes to Martin Luther King Jr. and his associates for orchestrating the March on Washington. 315 days after delivering “Ball or the Bullet” in Detroit, Malcolm X was assassinated by three members of the Nation Of Islam. The re-education of African Americans, and all minorities for that matter, remains a work in progress. “The Ballot or the Bullet” serves as a rallying cry to all populations in difficulty, reminding them of their personal responsibility to improve their state of existence rather than waiting for help. In June 1964, Malcolm X gave his first speech as head of the Organization of Afro-American Unity. In the same room where his life ended, Malcolm Malcolm X at the founding rally of the European Union). African American organization