Malcolm X_ A Life of Reinvention - Manning Marable [351]
254 “be wise in your decision when choosing.” FBI—Sharrieff, Summary Report, Chicago Office, February 19, 1964.
254 in Washington, speaking at a local NOI meeting. Ibid., p. 11.
255 “this present Catholic administration.” “Unity Rally,” August 18, 1963, MXC-S, box 5, folder 3.
255 Southern Democrat and taking place within one year. Ibid.
255 Fard never claimed, at least not publicly. DeCaro, On the Side of My People, pp. 166-67.
255 story of Yacub and the white devils. Branch, Pillar of Fire, pp. 130-31.
255 “to do whatsoever with the March,” he insisted. ʺNAACP Official Says 250,000 Will March,” Los Angeles Times, August 26, 1963. Malcolm’s statement was taken from a CBS television interview.
255 “an Emancipation Proclamation a hundred years ago.” William Raspberry, “Rights Leaders Reaffirm Belief That Marchers Will Be Orderly,” Washington Post, August 26, 1963.
256 “a part of history that we should be a part of.” Larry 4X Prescott interview, November 7, 2007.
256 that they were duped by whites in power. “The Farce on Washington,” no date, MXC-S, box 5, folder 5. Also see “‘No Muslims in D.C. March’: Malcolm X,ʺ Chicago Defender, August 26, 1963.
257 ʺepicenter of black America on that day.” Peter Goldman interview, July 12, 2004; and Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, pp. 102-6.
257 association with Malcolm would damage their image. Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, p. 104.
257 “You’re probably right,” Rustin replied. Ibid., p. 107.
258 fully inclusive for the first time in history. Garrow, Bearing the Cross, p. 383.
258 audience gave its consent for every demand. Ibid., pp. 284-85.
258 a shady tree, looking out over the crowd. Manning Marable comment, in Peter Goldman interview, July 12, 2004.
258 racial separation, and if not, “they will die.” FBI—Sharrieff, Summary Report, Chicago Office, February 19, 1964; FBI—Goodman, Summary Report, New York Office, February 13, 1964; and FBI—Gravitt, Summary Report, New York Office, January 27, 1964.
259 “He will follow me until he dies.” Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, pp. 297-300; and Clegg, An Original Man, pp. 181, 324. According to Armiya Nu’man, an assistant minister under Farrakhan at Mosque No. 7 in the early 1970s, the first NOI national minister had been Sultan Muhammad, minister of Milwaukee’s Temple No. 3 in the 1930s. Malcolm was only the second national minister to be named in the Nation.
259 “he went jubilantly lindy-hopping around.” Malcolm X and Haley, Autobiography, p. 398.
259 “Justice to what the book can do for the Muslims needs it.” Alex Haley to Malcolm X, September 25, 1963, MXC-S, box 3, folder 6.
259 “date before the 1964 election is in full swing.” Wolcott (Tony) Gibbs, Jr., to Alex Haley, October 1, 1963, KMC, box 44, folder 9.
259 “intrusion by the ‘as told toʹ writer.ʺ Alex Haley to Tony Gibbs, October 11, 1963, Anne Romaine Collection, UTLSC, series I, box 3, folder 24.
260 “speaking at Harvard Law School.” Wolcott Gibbs, Jr., to Alex Haley, October 24, 1963, KMC, box 44, folder 9.
261 “and represents, to Negroes, to white people, to America.ʺ Alex Haley to Paul Reynolds, October 24, 1963, Anne Romaine Collection, UTLSC, series I, box 3, folder 1.
261 including one of a young Malcolm alongside singer Billie Holiday. Alex Haley to Tony Gibbs, October 27, 1963, KMC, box 44, folder 9.
261 “command you into what must be done with it.” Alex Haley to Paul Reynolds, Kenneth McCormick, and Tony Gibbs, November 14, 1963, Anne Romaine Collection, UTLSC, series I, box 3, folder 24.
261 “and, then, the galvanic, absolute conversion.” Alex Haley to Malcolm X, November 14, 1963, MXC-S, box 3, folder 6.
261 panel discussion at the University of California at Berkeley. MX FBI, Summary Report, New York Office, June 18, 1964, p. 17.
261 specific references to “the Honorable Elijah Muhammad.” “America’s Gravest Crisis Since the Civil War,” University of California at Berkeley, October 11, 1963, in Perry, ed., Malcolm X: The Last Speeches, pp. 59-79.
262 cause