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Malcolm X — Part 27
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LINCOLN;
KUP:
LINCOLN:
cee ee ee et a ee
normally uses and to get as much
insight into the movement as I
could get. I feel that I know
a little bit about Islam as it is
taught by Mr. ELIJAH MUHAMMAD.
I do not claim to know all. After
all, I was a person outside the
movement and not inside and
there were certainly some things
that perhaps I possibly do not
know. But nevertheless I feel
that I know something about it
and certainly I know something
about it from the point of view
of a sociologist.
Now, you made a statement that there
is about 100 thousand members
which AUBREY has differed with
you on. He claims the membership
ig much much smaller. About
7,000 I think, according to
your article. Is that right,
AUBREY?
Yes. The present membership
is at around 7,000, at the peak.
Well, I'd like to comment on that
because, one -
One second,
I'd like to speak to the question.
At the time I began research on
the movement in 1956, this was ©
several years ago and my estimate
of 100,000 members was made around
1960 when the movement seemed to
have gained membership and seemed
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