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Malcolm X — Part 33
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clusion, you have to expect:
the Negroes to rise up sooner
or later.”
He still appears adamant in
his concept of a separate state
and separation of the races
though he ls prepared to flirt
with the interracial civil
rights organizations. :
His alm, now that he is on
his own, Malcolm says, “is to
work with civil rights groups,
if they are willing to raise the
caliber of their own black
communities — and not force
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to sce some new faces ...
MoOre militant faces.") He ex-
pects his party to enter poll-
tles and, by educating Negroes
in the mechanics of poiitics
and the vote, “to control the
politicians of our community.”
“There are three times as
many Negroes as Jews in this
country,” he’ added, blandly,
“yet when it comes to political
power, the Jews have 90 times
as much power as the Ne-
groes.”
“I feel,” said Malcolm X,
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BODYGUARD—A member of-the Fruit of islam, the Black Muslim
shock troops, guards Malcolm X. (left, in white tie} at a meeting,
Negroes inte white neighbor-
hoods where they are not
wanted. Separation — a sep-
arate state—is a good word,
and it is something that you
have to have to be independent
and equal. At present, the
black people are segregated.
What we want is separation—
independence.”
Where?
“No desert spot.” he an-
swered. "I hope it's Florida
or California, and," he added
with a short laugh, “all be-
tween.”
Clearly Maicolm is not re-
vealing the specifics of his
program. He may fear that
this would keep away the new
blood -- cspecially college-ed-
ucated youth—-he expects to
recruit and exploit. (“We want ©
ors en - ll
“everything else has failed.
I feei that ail the efforts on
the part of Negro groups
through 1963 have .met with
failure. The Negroes are
angry. I sheuld say they're
angrier. And I'm the angri-
est."
ELUAH MUHAMMAD
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ODAY, at 67, the "Mes-
7" senger” is a small, thin
man in bad health (suffering
from asthma and bronchitis},
whose delicate appearance and
winning smile belie the fe-
rocity of his speeches. He is
introduced to large Muslim
audiences as “the man who
has seen God!" a .
“""Get away from the white
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