Malcolm X_ A Life of Reinvention - Manning Marable [361]
342 had known about them first. MX FBI, Summary Report, New York Office, January 20, 1965, pp. 22-23, 59; and Branch, Pillar of Fire, p. 346.
343 might be expected to endorse the initiative. MX FBI, Memo, New York Office, June 16, 1964.
343 “CIA and military intelligence agencies.” MX FBI, Teletype, New York Office, June 13, 1964.
343 on one thousand dollars bail each. FBI—Goodman, Summary Report, New York Office, October 10, 1964; FBI—MMI, Memo, Boston Office, June 15, 1964; and FBI—MMI, Teletype, Boston Office, June 15, 1964. The men accompanying Benjamin were former NOI members Aubrey Barnette, Robert Lee Wise, John Thomas, Frank Terrelongo, Goulbourne Busby, Jr., Larryn Douglas, and Malcolm’s nephew Rodnell Collins, then nineteen years old.
344 “conspired” to expel him from the Nation. MX FBI, Summary Report, New York Office, January 20, 1965, p. 60.
344 no ammunition, so no arrest was made. “Malcolm X Death Threat Brings Heavy Court Guard,” New York Telegraph and Sun, June 1, 1964; “Muslims Deny Fight Going On within Ranks,” Chicago Defender, June 18, 1964; and MX FBI, Teletype, New York Office, June 16, 1964.
345 “a hearing in front of the Muslim[s].” Transcript of Queens County Civil Court Trial, June 15-16, 1964.
345 “never removed a minister without cause.” Ibid.
346 belonged to the Nation of Islam. Ibid.
346 “doing and had been doing.” Ibid.
346 in the acquisition of the property. Ibid.
347 “than keep it quiet among Muslims.ʺ Ibid.
347 of open season on any Malcolm loyalist. MX FBI, Summary Report, New York Office, January 20, 1965, p. 70.
347 were arrested and their firearms seized. MX FBI, Memo, New York Office, June 19, 1964. The men arrested were William George, Herbert Dudley, Jesse Ryans, Vincent Woldan, James Vestal, and George Whitney. Also see FBI—MMI, Teletype, New York Office, June 17, 1964.
347 “killed for teaching against Elijah Muhammad.” MX FBI, Summary Report, New York Office, January 20, 1965, p. 75.
348 great speed, straining to accomplish his goals. Branch, Pillar of Fire, p. 332.
348 and the Organization of Afro-American Unity. Marilyn E.X. to Henry Kissinger, June 18, 1964, MXC-S, box 3, folder 4.
348 could be truly competitive with the Nation of Islam. MX FBI, Summary Report, New York Office, January 20, 1965, pp. 4-5.
348 “will take what is rightfully theirs.” Ibid., p. 4.
348 Works and Surveys, asking for information. Malcolm X to Joseph Iffeorah, June 22, 1964, MXC-S, box 3, folder 4.
348 “you would come out Sunday as a spectator.” Malcolm X to Sara Mitchell, June 22, 1964, ibid.
349 remanded to the Queens Criminal Court. “Muslim Factions Keep Fighting,” Amsterdam News, June 27, 1964; and Larry 4X Prescott interview, June 9, 2006.
349 “Then things just got progressively worse.” Larry 4X Prescott interview, June 9, 2006. To this day, Larry 4X is unapologetic about his actions: “I got the gun from him and I beat him with it. And I should have—you know, I didn’t have the mind to shoot him. But I definitely whipped his behind real good with it.”
350 a sore point for many of Malcolm’s followers. Malcolm X to Elijah Muhammad, June 23, 1964, MXC-S, box 13, folder 1; and “Malcolm X to Elijah: Let’s End the Fighting,” New York Post, June 26, 1964.
350 “There was tension and resentment.” Herman Ferguson interview, June 24, 2004.
351 “that our people experience in this government.” “Organization of Afro-American Unity, A Statement of Basic Aims and Objectives,” in Clarke, ed., Malcolm X: The Man and His Times, pp. 335-42; and MX FBI, Summary Report, New York Office, January 20, 1965, pp. 25, 29, 76.
351 “block by block to make the community aware of its power and potential.” “Organization of Afro-American Unity, A Statement of Basic Aims and Objectives”; Terrill, Malcolm X: Inventing Radical Judgment, pp. 138-39; William W. Sales, From Civil Rights to Black Liberation: Malcolm X and the Organization of Afro-American Unity (Boston: South End, 1994), pp. 104-7; David Herman, “Malcolm X Launches a