 Mashoko kuVashandi hurukuro yavose yakapiwa nomurwiri wekodzero dzevanhu Malcolm X. Hurukuro yacho yakapiwa musi waNovember 10, 1963, paNorthern Negro Grass Roots Leadership Conference, iyo yakaitirwa paKing Solomon Baptist Church muDetroit, Michigan. Malcolm X akarondedzera musiyano uri pakati peRevolution yeVatema neRevolution yeNegro, akaenzanisa imba yeNegro nemunda weNegro munguva youranda uye munguva yazvino uno, uye akashora March ya1963 paWashington. Message to the Grass Roots yakaiswa panzvimbo yechi91 pakati pematauriro makuru 100 eAmerica ezana ramakore rechi20 nenyanzvi 137 dzinotungamirira dzokukurukura kwavanhu veAmerica. 