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Malcolm X — Part 24
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Malcolm K, Little
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The oni 8 also included eulogies
by a malé individual who was only identified as a 2
representative of the Islamic Center of Geneva and
the United States. This male Negro mentioned that
Malcolm X made a trip to the Middle East and Africa
in 1964 and that thereafter his views changed and that
he no longer advocated racism or violence but believed
in integration. This individual characterized Malcolm
X as a martyr and stated that it is "better to die on
the battlefield than in bed" and that "those who die
_ in battBe are not dead.” . ,
The concluding speaker was rs individual "only
identified as a leader of the Muslim Students in the
United States and Canada. This individual characterized
Malcolm X as a Negro leader, who had given his life
for the advancement of the Negro cause throughout the
world.
between 1 » the funeral.
services at the Faith Temple churef of God, New York
City were concluded without incident and that the
funeral procession preceeded through Harlem in an
“erderly fashion to the Major Deegén Expressway and
treveled north from New York City under NYCPD escort
to the City line at the beginning of the Thomas E,
Dewey Expressway, Westchester County, New York, where
the procession was taken over by the New York State
tery,
advised that
Police Department en
Hartsdale, New York.
the funeral procession appro tely .
fifteen cars and that the procession itsazf became
entwingdi with New York City traffic ; in. Harlem and on . the * oa
expressway. _
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