Who said the assassination of JFK was a case of "the chickens coming home to roost"?
The question concerned the late President John F. Kennedy. It was Malcolm X's 1963 answer that the President's death was a case of "chickens coming home to roost". Malcolm made the statement in a speech. He meant that the violence which Kennedy had failed to stop had come back to him; this resulted in the fact that Elijah Muhammad silenced him.
Some historians believe that Malcolm´s rather controversial statement simply pointed out that if you were going to cause or allow people to be killed in America or overseas in such a cavalier fashion you invited being killed in the same way.
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49 Comments
Laurie Bowman
Stoic Kitty, what the heck does that mean? More negativity.
Laurie Bowman
I guess those chickens did come home to rest, just look at all this nonsense today. If people don't get their way they protest, sue, become violent and the list could go on.
Joseph John La Bella
Not a very pleasant topic.
ArlenRose Frazier
Explain the Elijah Muhammed link.
docluci
I guessed it to be Hoover who I recall was against his Presidency!!!!!
silrem
The chickens also got Malcolm X.
David Roy
I associate chickens with KFC more than JFK.
Carl Moore
Malcolm X was himself gunned down in Feb 1965.
Alan D. Suddeth
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Gayle A Vaughan
Who is the Elijah Mohammad mentioned in the answer?
Rose Soros
Interesting fact. Didn’t know that.
Wanda Pelchat
Total guess...I was young then!
majohnson
Laurie Bowman, it's always been like that. People just showed their true colors after Obama was elected.
Alicia Alvarado
Of course it had to be Malxom X.
Alicia Alvarado
Of course it had to be Malcom X
ninakamwene
No clue. Kennedy was great POTUS to America.
Ted Burkle
Both are gone. In their eternity I wonder what they are saying now??
wordster
Stoic Kitty, That's a truly ugly comment, with not a shred of evidence to support it. You might want to study your history a little more, instead of spewing nonsense.
c grhm
War begets more war. Killing begets more killing. It never stops.