On December 10, 1966, the United Nations General Assembly adopted two "International Covenants" (agreements) on Human Rights, one dealing with Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the other dealing with Civil and Political Rights.  Both of these Covenants support the right of all peoples to self-determination:  a peoples' right to freely determine their political status in life, no matter where they may reside.  These Covenants are the instruments by which the Universal Declaration of Human Rights can have legal as well as moral force.

Since we were taken from our Motherland, Afrika, hundreds of years ago, our people have pursued three main paths to insure Justice, Freedom, and respect for our Human Rights in this land:

1.  Repatriation.  The desire to go back to Afrika has always had a place among the segment of our people, from the first days of our forced journey aboard the slave ships, to the present.  The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement supports this expression of Self-Determination.

2.  Integration.  Many of our people, from the beginning of our exile in this land to now, feel that America must be changed from a mostly white state (government) to a multi-racial one nation where no one will be discriminated against because of race.  We also support this expression of Self-Determination.

3.  Independent Nationhood.  The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, while supporting all of our peoples' expressions of Self-Determination, feels that the Black Nation in North America has the democratic right to make a choice about it's future.  We believe that our Nation has a right to Independence and Self-Government, on land that our people have lived on for generations, which is the best way of creating a society free of the suffering we've endured for over 300 years.

The main International Law agreements which support the Black Nation's right to independence are:

United Nations General Assembly Resolution #1541, 
14 December 1960  ("Declaraton on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.") 

United Nations General Assembly Resolution #1541,
15 December 1960  ("Principles Which Should Guide Members...Under Article 73(e) of the Charter")

United Nations General Assembly Resolution #2625, 
24 October 1970  ("Declaration on the Principles of International Law")

History and International Law are on the side of our people.  The only thing left to do now is to organize the masses of Afrikans in America (Black folks) for true Self-Determination.  In the final analysis, whether one prefers integration, or going back to Afrika, or independent nationhood, Self-Determination is a Human Right which we must bring into existence for our people in this country.  The Malcolm X Grassroots Movement is committed to organizing our people to do just that.