Malcolm X_ A Life of Reinvention - Manning Marable [350]
249 “no two people should stay together who can’t get along.” Ibid.
250 climaxing with two days of public activities. D’Emilio, Lost Prophet, p. 328.
250 “unemployment, especially as it related to minority groups.” “Preamble to the March on Washington,” Carbada and Weise, eds., Time on Two Crosses, pp. 1 12-15.
250 John Lewis, its national chair, to represent the organization. D’Emilio, Lost Prophet, pp. 340-42, 355.
250 was persuaded to support the Washington march. David J. Garrow, Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (New York: Vintage, 1986), pp. 265, 268.
250 Kennedy administration to offer its endorsement. D’Emilio, Lost Prophet, pp. 344-45; and Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, pp. 102-3.
250 in Harlem—on West 130th Street. D’Emilio, Lost Prophet, p. 340.
251 Martin Luther King, Jr., and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Mosque No. 7 Press Releases for June 29, 1963, Harlem Rally, MXC-S, box 5, folder 17.
251 made it impossible for him to address the rally. Telegram, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., to Malcolm X, June 28, 1963, MXC-S, box 3, folder 11.
251 dispatched to the rooftops to observe both crowd and cops. Thomas P. Ronan, “Malcolm X Tells Rally in Harlem Kennedy Fails to Help Negroes,” New York Times, June 30, 1963; “Romney Bobs Up and Leads Rights Parade,” Chicago Tribune, June 30, 1963; FBI—Gravitt, Summary Report, New York Office, January 27, 1964; and FBI—Goodman, Summary Report, New York Office, December 13, 1964.
251 “a comprehensive united front of African Americans.” “Muhammad Son Calls for Unity,” Muhammad Speaks, July 20, 1963; “Muhammad’s Son at Rally Saturday,” Amsterdam News, July 13, 1963; and NOI Mosque No. 7 Press Release, “Elijah Muhammad’s Son to Speak in Harlem at Outdoor Rally,” MXC-S, box 5, folder 17.
251 “ready to help us win our freedom.” Lomax, When the Word Is Given, pp. 84-87.
252 “‘Islamicʹ and more ʹpoliticalʹ in the days just ahead.” Ibid., pp. 87-91. Writing in late 1963, Lomax was convinced that Akbar Muhammad, or “almost certainly” another son of Elijah Muhammad, would inherit the leadership of the NOI; Malcolm X would never lead the Nation, Lomax believed: “I see Malcolm, then, not as the maximum leader, but as prime minister and behind-the-scenes policy maker.”
252 “this message that I have been assigned to.” “Islamic Exports Plan to Microscope Muslims,” Chicago Defender, July 15, 1963.
253 “these policemen put us into those paddy wagons.” “Police Haul Off 300 Pickets in Racial Protest,” Los Angeles Times, July 23, 1963.
253 “the New York police is that this is 1963.” Homer Bigart, “Building Trades Accused of Snub by Racial Groups,” New York Times, August 6, 1963.
253 that brought out more than three hundred people. MX FBI, Summary Report, New York Office, November 15, 1963, pp. 5, 6, 7, and 12; FBI—Gravitt, Summary Report, New York Office, January 27, 1964; and FBI—Goodman, Summary Report, New York Office, February 13, 1964.
253 “no real differences” between the various civil rights groups. Martin Arnold, “Brooklyn Rally Held by Muslims,” New York Times, July 28, 1963.
253 “use his teeth” if he had to protect himself. FBI—Gravitt, Summary Report, New York Office, January 27, 1964.
253 that increasingly troubled Malcolm. Evanzz, The Messenger, p. 266.
253 “his brother Malcolm for the next six.” Ben Burns, ʺJFK Gags About TFX and Malcolm X,ʺ Chicago Defender, June 5, 1963.
254 “use U.S.A. or the American Government.” Elijah Muhammad to Malcolm Shabazz, August 1, 1963, MXC-S, box 3, folder 8.
254 “[the march], he joined it,” Malcolm told the crowd. “Muslim Leader Plans to Join Washington March,” Chicago Defender, August 10, 1963.