THE VOICES OF MALCOLM X AS AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSLIM IN THE BLACK REVOLUTION SPEECH: A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT This research aims to reveal how Islam presence plays a role to solve racial issues existed between blacks and whites as portrayed in Malcolm X’s speech in the 1960s, when African-Americans were still involved in chaos and conflict with whites. This research attempts to figure out how and why The Black Revolution movement is constructed by Malcolm X in that way. The situation depicted at that time shows inequality that causes racial discrimination seen in social gap, minority, and poverty that afflict African-Americans. As one of well-known black figures, Malcolm X turned up with his ideas to solve the problems faced by blacks in America, and The Black Revolution became one of the influential speeches in response to what actually occurred with African-Americans. He also strived for freedom and equality to blacks, and it led Malcolm X to propose a new movement delivered through his speech as part of the civil rights movement. This attracts the researcher to choose that speech as the object of study. As a library research, it applies note-taking technique to collect the data that then are analyzed using Michael Foucault’s discursive approach. From the speech, it also can be concluded that Malcolm X proposed a peaceful revolution that is in line with Islamic teachings. Other meanings implied from his words in voicing the ideas through his speech are also explained in this research. Keywords: Speech, African-American Muslim, Revolution, Discours