Malcolm X_ A Life of Reinvention - Manning Marable [331]
91 “ever got more out of going to prison than I did.” Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, pp. 178-83.
92 “no circumstances don’t ever preach to me,” he warned. Malcolm Little to Philbert Little, no date (approximately mid-1948), MXC-S, box 3, folder 1.
92 “rid the planet of these wretched devils.” Malcolm to Philbert, November 28, 1948, ibid.
92 “vast emptiness created by men.” Malcolm to Philbert, February 4, 1949, ibid.
92 “I certainly woke up the hard way, hmm?” Malcolm to Philbert, February 1949, ibid.
92 a new appreciation for their mother. Malcolm to Philbert, December 12, 1949, ibid.
92 “as he had come, he was gone.” Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, p. 190.
93 of “Master W. D. Fard, the Messiah.” Ibid., p. 192.
93 “truth in the first place,” he charged. Ibid., p. 190.
93 “ocean of blackness where I was to save me.” Ibid., p. 192.
94 of “his dislike for the white race.” “Transfer Summary for Malcolm Little,” March 23, 1950, Prison File of Malcolm Little.
94 “Saturday I told her to do whatever she can.” Malcolm to Philbert, March 26, 1950, MXC-S, box 3, folder 1.
94 “Cells to Facilitate ‘Prayers to Allah.’” See “Four Convicts Turn Moslems, Get Calls Looking to Mecca,” Boston Herald, April 20, 1950; and “Local Criminals in Prison, Claim Moslem Faith Now: Grow Beards, Won’t Eat Pork; Demand East-Facing Cells to Facilitate ‘Prayer to Mecca,’” Springfield Union (Massachusetts), April 21, 1950.
95 “Peace to cease,” Malcolm predicted, “peace will cease!” Malcolm Little to Commissioner MacDowell, June 6, 1950, Prison File of Malcolm Little.
95 “isn’t hard to convince people that I am.” Malcolm Little to Harry S. Truman, June 29, 1950, in MX FBI, Summary Report, Detroit Office, March 16, 1954, p. 6. Also see Karl Evanzz, The Judas Factor: The Plot to Kill Malcolm X (New York: Thunderʹs Mouth, 1992), p. 11.
96 “of the wicked accidental world.” DeCaro, On the Side of My People, pp. 57-58.
96 his name “Malcolm X (surprised?).” Malcolm to Philbert, December 11, 1950, MXC-S, box 3, folder 1.
96 “However he can give me a home and a job.” Malcolm to Philbert, December 19, 1951, ibid.
97 “Just in all that I think, speak and do.” Malcolm Little letter, January 9, 1951, in MX FBI, Summary Report, Boston Office, May 4, 1953, pp. 5-6; and MX FBI, Memo, Boston Office, February 17, 1953. This report indicates that Malcolm “has been the subject of a Communist Index Card” by the FBI.
97 become targets of harassment by prison guards. Evanzz, The Judas Factor, p. 10.
97 composed primarily of bread and cheese. DeCaro, On the Side of My People, p. 92.
97 had “read so much by the lights-out glow in my room.” Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography , p. 193.
98 the petition be denied. Not surprisingly, Dever agreed. Ralph E. Johnson, Executive Secretary, Council Chamber, State House, to Elliott E. MacDowell, Commissioner, Department of Corrections, December 6, 1950; George E. Thompson, District Attorney for the Northern District, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to Governor Paul A. Dever, December 13, 1950; and MacDowell to Dever, December 19, 1950, all in Prison File of Malcolm Little.
98 countries throughout the world. Malcolm Little to Commissioner MacDowell, December 13, 1950, ibid. Also see DeCaro, On the Side of My People, p. 94.
98 he go to Detroit to live with Wilfred. Philip J. Flynn, Massachusetts Supervisor of Parole, to Gus Harrison, State Supervisor of Parole, Division of Pardons, Paroles and Probation, State of Michigan, Lansing, Michigan, June 27, 1952, in Prison File of Malcolm Little.
98 date for his release was set for August 7. P. J. Flynn, Massachusetts Supervisor of Parole, to Parole Board, August 4, 1952; Flynn to Harrison, August 6, 1952; and Flynn to Harrison, August 12, 1952, ibid.
98 younger brother on as a salesman. DeCaro,