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Malcolm X — Part 33

120 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Feb 1, 1964 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Malcolm X · 120 pages OCR'd
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? wal : al cece Cee Oe 2 ’ | | 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 nr | 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, “4 ( ‘ ~ { \ = ; L i) f (FG 43 Aon ‘ Bt Cel EON POU Sycercg ~w i ie Sth pest “a ) an Cr - Ray al Ci ereny : MM aig ; L 4 ae area “3 FT af 07 aa eT TY 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 ~ 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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