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0-19 (Rev. 12-14-64) Leontyne Waits, billed as the "Penthouse Primi- tive” singer, delivered an exciting rendition of the Tolson Belmont wo ce waa eee a Mohr DeLoach a. ‘The li 4 he still shines...2— Casper Callahan MEMOBIAL FOR MALCOLM X X Conrad Felt May 19, 1925, Malcolm X Malcolt first saw the light of \sghoe of the New. York Chapter of Gale day. Sunday, Fed“2T, TIS his light, which had’ /thege4n Alrican Students, Organization, introduced R shone so brightly, was ‘snuffed out by an whi bad number of African guests. Victor Gbeho, firat | osen bullets. On May 19, 1965, forty years after his secretary of the permanent mission of Ghana to “Ullivan birth, bluck people in Harlem's Rockland Palace the U.N. read condolences full of sincereadmiration Tavel proclaimed that the light still shines and that from = for Malcolm from President Kwame Nkrumah of Trotter : . ; Ghana and the Ghanaian people Tele Room Afterwards, Sidi Ali read a poem made up of Hol some of the phrases from the eulogy delivered by moumes Ossie’ Davis at Malcolm's funeral. “To our own Gandy a Shining Prince.” He also commented on the very ¥ important roje women had played in African strug- 7 8 ules and paid tribute to Malcolm’s sister and her R : = leadership as a woméin, - song about the African God, Babalu. Mrs, Ella Collins, Malcolm’s sister and president of the OAAWU, which Malcolm founded, closed z the first half of the evening program with a pledge Lb? Ga oe to continue the work which her brother had start & in the spirit of his plans. ” - Mrs. Collins tevealed that an international centpr tod will be built in Malcolm's honor where African ‘“f diplomats may come and African students may a Mrs. Ella Collins at Memorial reside. There will also be a school in which Afro - new on this day will be the one on which black 9 American children can learn their heritage. Americans will honor their departed hero. . > Singer-actor Jimmy Randolph, star of Ballad ARTIST'S TRIBUTE ~ for Bimshire and Carmen Jones sang “I Believe" LeRoi Jones, poet-playwright, author of The es und mistress of ceremonies, Selma Sparks com Slave/The Toilet and the Dutchman and one of the nS mented, "Someune did come to show the way and founders of the Black Arts Theatre School, spoke = though he is no longer with us, this light still shines briefly in memory of Malcolm and then read an a for us to follow—to freedom.” original poem dedicated to Malcolm, a James Shabazz, Malcolm's secretary and minister There were more entertainers and speakers, it = of Muslim Mosque, Inec., deliveredarousingtribute. ‘luding Mrs. Mae Mallory, one of the Monroe a Shabazz told how, when the Louisiana White Cit+ Defendants who has been reindicted by the state of <A zene Council piaced a $10,000 reward on Maicoim’s North Carolina for her alleged involvement in the ngton Fost and 7 head, dead or alive, last year, he had still gone to incident whjch sent into Cuban exile one ofthe most 4 eraia £ this southern citadel of raciam because, “My people militanteouthern black leaders, Robert Williams. oo 5a: News ‘ peed me. Me ochiyama, a dedicated woman in the free q y “Brother Malcolm did something for us which we “dpe fight also spoke. 4/ “/. ag Star cannot do for him,” said Shabazz He died for his people. Louise Jeffers and the OA.A LU. Singers recetved great applause for their rendition of “Doing the Mau Mau.” There was African mu y Nadi Qamar and entertainment by Dolores Taylor, singer, Kenny Durham, trumpeter and Juanita Boyd, singer and others. The most lasting and meaningful monument to Herald Tribune Journal-Amertcan Datly News Post “To really show them what you meando the Mau—Makolm will be the fighting for, and the achtevémemt ‘or Times Mau _like in Kenya Then the man will understand of, black freedom, “by any means necessary,* tore Sun _you and you'll break the chains that bind you..* —Sparks/s The New Leader The Wall Street Journal The National Observer People’s World 160-7 bat fase —___— 7932/-A Shoe 3 REC- 1 113 24 PAGE 4