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He called it his slave name. Not that he was ever literally enslaved but he clearly felt v strongly about the oppressive nature of that name.
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He called it his slave name
Which is odd, since it was his father's name and his father was called that in honour of a noted abolitionist. There are plenty of good reasons to change your name, including wanting to disassociate yourself from your family, but choosing a name which associates you with a racial separatist movement doesn't look like a step forward.
gbj_tester
Yeah it’s mainly calling him Cassius was something the thing he was opposing would call him and use to put him down.