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7 4 ss e i. FD-359 (4-3- (Mount Clipping in Space Below) Nes ero Exedus to Africa Urged by Muslim Leader _ fought to free white Americans [from white Enshshmen. They! : Me lremained slaves after the Civil: i *. war, which was fought to pre- ; rs serve the Union for the bene- fit of white Americans. “Today this country faces ite: greatest crisis since the Civi. | War. Black people have lost all ‘confidence in hypocriticai white | politicians. They have fost con-} fidence in the deceit of ther white liberals who fuss over. what's going on in the South, but} lare blind to the same things in jthe North.” FORECASTS VIOLENCE ot A mass exodus of Negroes to Africa was called for as wthe| solution to the race problem in: America” by Malcolm X, a leader of the Negro separatist organization called the Black Muslims. The only other solution, he! declared, “‘would be creation of an independent black nation on what is “Row American soil.”” ae ie, \ | " MALCOLM X Maleolm X, who describes himself as a representative of| ‘Elijah Muhammed, founder ef ithe Mu.tim organization among ‘Negroes, spoke Tuesday at IWay ie ‘State University ata | meeting sponsored by the Inde- pendent Socialist’ Club. 400 ATTEND The meeting in State Hall was attended by more than 400 stu- laents. Malcolm X ‘based his argu- ment on the contention that in- tegration which would “‘give American blacks the same rights and privileges as Amer- ican whites is impossible to achieve.”’ “Qur people have always been slaves,’ he said, “and always will be as Jong as. they wait for the white man to stop oppres- sing them and treating them as second-class citizens. “Our people remained slaves after the Declaration of Inde- pencencé, which followed a war Malcolm X, like other Mus- lim members, dropped his last name as a title bestowed by “white slaveowners.” Saying that he was not con- | demning individuals, “but the! whites as a collective,” he fore-; cast widespread racial violence if “the teaching of the honor- able Elijah Muhammed is not heeded in time.” Negroes know, he declared, that they can “never break the vicious cycle which enslaves them.” Housing integration fails, he said, “‘because the whiics move out -and a new ghetto is formed.” School integration fails “because the whites escape to new schools in the suburbs.” More civil rights bills “will only turn America itto a po- lice state still winour civil rights," he said. The acting president of the Independent Socialist Club, Dan- iel’ Rosenshine; said the “club is a recognized student group. The speech was arranged, he said, . “through the usual university ; channels.” — p7c (indicate page, name of newspaper, city and siate.) 64 Detroit News Detroit, Mich. ow 7 nerrt FX 7 73 -, my . 10/2h/ 63 : Edition} Star Pinal 7 Date: Author: F Editor: Martin 8 . Ha vden:: Title: wu Charecter: or Claasification: Submitting Office: 64041 \ eo - /39932/-4 NOT RECONDRD ~ Mi NOV & 1&2 —aee wee