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135 “menace to society, but to world peace.” Telegram, Malcolm X to Stephen Kennedy, NYPD Commissioner, November 2, 1957, BOSS.
135 name and address of his private physician. Memorandum, Walter Upshur to the BOSS Commanding Officer, November 7, 1957, ibid.
135 in Detroit, and soon after departed. MX FBI, Correlation Summary, New York Office, August 22, 1961, p. 20.
135 “uniting Negroes where it is heard.” “Malcolm X Speaks in Detroit Again,” Amsterdam News, December 14, 1957.
135 he was using this name widely by 1957. DeCaro, On the Side of My People, p. 117.
136 “hard-working, Christian-believing black woman.” Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, p. 274.
136 Atlanta temple had doubled its membership. DeCaro, On the Side of My People, p. 118.
136 secure their release with only minor fines. Ibid., p. 120; and “Moslem Fight R.R. Station Bias, Jailed,” Pittsburgh Courier, March 7, 1957. The county solicitor hearing the case levied fines of $226 on each of the two Muslim men. Considering that the Muslims had severely beaten the white police officer who initially tried to arrest them, it was a remarkably lenient fine.
137 “creation of the Northern white man.” Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, pp. 276-77.
137 Columbia University’s East Asian Institute. James 67X Warden interview, July 24, 2007.
138 “being arrested, I will never come back.” James 67X Warden interview, June 18, 2003.
138 “This was not the case.” Ibid.
139 at the Bronx’s Montefiore Hospital. Russell J. Rickford, Betty Shabazz: A Life Before and After Malcolm X (Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2003), pp. 2-11, 23, 27, 31.
139 “This man is totally malnourished!” she thought. Ibid., p. 39.
139 “nor drinks and is of high moral character.” MX FBI, Summary Report, New York Office, May 19, 1959, p. 20.
140 Sundays reserved for the week’s main religious service. Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography , pp. 231-32.
141 “that if she complains she is justified.” Malcolm X to Elijah Muhammad, March 25, 1959. Copy in possession of author.
141 “carry a gun, or telling a hen not to cackle.” Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, pp. 231-32.
142 “control her if he expects to get her respect.” Ibid.
142 chaos, or fitna, if not tightly controlled. Robert Dannin observes that “most Muslim commentators regard sexuality as a purely carnal activity that will wreak chaos and confusion in the social body if it is not systematically controlled.” See Dannin, Black Pilgrimage to Islam, p. 217.
142 commitment toward an Islamic lifestyle. Denny, An Introduction to Islam, pp. 300-301.
142 reveal what they hide of their adornment. Holy Qurʹ an, surah XXIV, verse 31.
143 “wants a sterile wom[a]n?” he asked rhetorically. See Muhammad, Message to the Blackman in America, especially chapter 35.
143 “[and] that there will be economic stability.” Farah Jasmine Griffin interview, August 6, 2001.
143 as well as other community concerns. See Cynthia Sʹthembile West, “Revisiting Female Activism in the 1960s: The Newark Branch Nation of Islam,” Black Scholar, vol. 26, nos. 3-4 (Fall 1996/Winter 1997), pp. 41-48.
144 romantically attracted to her she might reject him. Malcolm X and Haley Autobiography, pp. 231-34.
144 that he thought Betty X was “a fine sister.” Ibid., p. 234.
145 chief instigator of his lieutenant’s marriage. Rickford, Betty Shabazz, pp. 62-65, 66.
145 deeply in love with Evelyn Williams. Louis Farrakhan interview, December 27, 2007.
145 pursued her “persistently and correctly.” Rickford, Betty Shabazz, pp. 62-66.
145 packed her suitcase and made plans to fly to Detroit. Ibid., pp. 66-70; and Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, pp. 234-35.
145 but she was determined to have her way. Rickford, Betty Shabazz, pp. 71-73.
145 Malloys “were very friendly, and happily surprised.” Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography , p. 235.
146 “kissing and hugging . . . like Cinderella.” Ibid., pp. 235-36.
146 “all the time. Maybe she did get