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Malcolm X — Part 33
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fo aeches hate vand-OT™
ers something that is unob- -
tainable. I believe the black
man needs something more.
T try to show my followers .
how they can get something ;
more.
Rejects Separation
“We don't believe in any
of Muhammad's philosophy
of separation. We believe the
Afro-American should have .
his full part in the entire.
American experience,” he
continued. _—
Only a few months ago, on .
March 17, 1964, a young Neg-
‘TO writer from South Africa,
Lewis Nkosi, wrote for the
London Observer:
“Malcolm X is the onl
black man in America who:
face I have watcher tu
radiant with hate against t
white people.”
Malcolm X still hates. But
his hate has shifted from the
entire white race to the
“white racists.”
He made it clear that his.
followers are being taught
only to hate “oppression, seg-
regation and injustice which
some white pecple practice.”
‘Not All Bad*
“We realize that all white
People are not bad,” he said.
“Elijah Muhammad taught
that the whole white race
was a race of devils, When I
went to the holy city of
Mecca (earlier this year) I
found white men walking
atm and arm with black
men, I wrote back to that ef.’
fect and it infuriated Mu-
hammad. He was in a rage.”,
When Malcolm X jeft the
Black Muslims, many fol.
im into &saubat je
cated-tie, Black Natiqnaligt
_ Movement. It weakened Mu-
hammad's position and au-
thority. = _
Last Sunday, while Elijah
Muhammad was speaking in
Harlem, Malcolm X held an
organizational meeting of a
new group to be called the
Organization of Afro-Amer-
ican Unity. Another meeting
will be held this Sunday to
announce the objectives of
the organization. It is de
signed as a “grass-roots”
movement drawing its mem-
bership from all strata of
America's 22-million
Negroes. .
A Replacement
The OAAU will replate the
{Black Natignalist Movement.
[Malcolm X has been thamed -
its chairman.
“WhenT formed the Black
Nationalists, I said at thiit
time we would encourage
‘Students across the countiy
to undertake a new analyds
of the problem and come up
‘with a solution or organiza-
tional structure that would
egable us to work on tie
-pioblem,” Malcolm X said.
;
“We formed a brain trus
intellectuals, celebrities
jand students—sat down for
“four weeks almost in secret
land discussed this thing, All
the ingredients ended up.. ,
y forming the OAAU which
is political, economical amd
social.
“For the Afro-American to
control his own destiny, the
must control the decisicns
that affect his destiny.” |-
Copyright, 1964, by United P
International
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