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127 frequent examples of police brutality toward blacks. Tillman Durdin, “Barriers for Negro Here Still High Despite Gains,” New York Times, April 23, 1956.
127 the NOIʹs restaurant several blocks away with the news. James Hicks, “Riot Threat as Cops Beat Muslim: ‘God’s Angry Men’ Tangle with Police,” Amsterdam News, May 4, 1957; and Evelyn Cunningham, “Moslems, Cops Battle in Harlem,” Pittsburgh Courier, May 4, 1957.
128 Hinton was transported in an ambulance to Harlem Hospital. Hicks, “Riot Threat as Cops Beat Muslim.”
128 down the busiest thoroughfare in Harlem. Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, pp. 238-39.
128 A confrontation appeared inevitable. Hicks, “Riot Threat as Cops Beat Muslim”; and DeCaro, On the Side of My People, pp. 112-13.
128 “No one man should have that much power.” Hicks, “Riot Threat as Cops Beat Muslim.”
129 “as orderly as a battalion of Marines.” Ibid.; and “400 March to Score Police in Harlem,” New York Times, April 29, 1957.
129 judgment that a New York jury had ever awarded. Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, p. 239; and “Moslem Announces $Million NY Suit,” Pittsburgh Courier, November 9, 1957. A large silver plate was inserted in Hinton’s skull to replace the bone that the police beating had shattered. Hinton was permanently disabled.
129 or to be “on the side of my people.” DeCaro, On the Side of My People, p. 113.
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130 “with plagues of cancer, polio, [and] heart disease.” Malcolm X, “God’s Angry Men,” Amsterdam News, June 1, 1957.
130 he rarely failed to deliver a command performance. See “Mr. X Tells What Islan [sic] Means,” Amsterdam News, April 20, 1957; and Malcolm X, “God’s Angry Men,” Amsterdam News, April 27, 1957.
131 “beginning to realize that there is strength in numbers.” MX FBI, Memo, New York Office, April 30, 1958.
131 and Ahmad Zaki el-Barail, the Egyptian attaché. “2,000 at Moslem Feast in Harlem,” Amsterdam News, July 20, 1957.
131 an impressive lineup of speakers was present. “New Yorkers to Honor Marcus Garvey,” Chicago Defender, August 2, 1957.
131 “being nothing but ‘puppets for the white man.’ ” “Moslem Speaker Electrifies Garvey Crowd,” Amsterdam News, August 19, 1957.
132 “information with photo showing full description.” Thomas A. Nielson, Chief Inspector, to Paul R. Taylor, Police Chief, Lansing, Michigan; Nielson to John W. Whearty, Chief of Police, Milton, Massachusetts; Nielson to Edward S. Piggins, Police Commissioner, Detroit, Michigan; Nielson to Michigan Parole Commission, Inkster, Michigan; Nielson to Walter Carroll, Chief of Police, Dedham, Massachusetts; Nielson to Superintendent of State Prison, Charlesten [sic], Massachusetts; and Nielson to Superintendent, Massachusetts State Reformatory, Concord Massachusetts, all May 15, 1957 in Malcolm X Bureau of Special Services (BOSS) file, New York Police Department.
132 “does speak out, he is always too late.” “Malcolm X Will Lecture Four Weeks at Detroit Spot,” Pittsburgh Courier, August 17, 1957.
133 begin to take matters into his own hands. “‘Negroes, No Compromise on Civil Rights’ Malcolm X,ʺ Los Angeles Herald Dispatch, August 22, 1957.
133 They were hardly “revolutionaries.” W. Haywood Burns, “The Black Muslims in America: A Reinterpretation,” Race, vol. 5, no. 1 (July 1963), pp. 29-31.
134 would become head minister of Temple No. 1. MX FBI, Memo, New York Office, April 30, 1958.
134 in that city were “packed to capacity.” “Malcolm X Making Hit in Detroit,” Amsterdam News, September 7, 1957.
134 produced major gains for the Nation. “Malcolm X Returns; Detroit Moslems Grow,” Amsterdam News, October 26, 1957.
134 advised that he take time off, but he adamantly refused. DeCaro, On the Side of My People, p. 117; and “Malcolm Shabazz Speaker at DC Brotherhood Feast,” Amsterdam News, November 30, 1959.
134 for his protégé Louis X, the Boston temple minister. “Malcolm X in Boston,” Amsterdam News, November 9, 1957; and DeCaro, On the Side of My People, p. 117.
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