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Episode: Floyd McKissick, Jr. recounts 1963 NC debate between his father and Malcolm X
Description: Back in the spring of 1963, civil rights leader Floyd McKissick, Sr. invited Malcolm X to the Triangle for a debate about assimilation versus integration within the fight for equality. The debate almost didn't happen when the city of Durham pulled its support and venue -- eventually a new venue was found, and McKissick Sr.’s young son Floyd McKissick Jr. was among those in the audience.
McKissick Jr. recounts a childhood framed by the movement: from the steady stream of civil rights leaders visiting his family home who were “like uncles," to supporters sitting on his porch at n...