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359 windows and stealing everything they could carry. Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, pp. 204-5. Goldman correctly viewed Malcolm “as a force against rioting in Harlem,” not because America’s white power structure did not deserve to be rioted against, but “because he loved Harlem too well” (p. 204).
359 July 11, he was off to Cairo. See Travel Diaries (Transcription): Africa and Middle East, July-November 1964, July 9-11, 1964, MXC-S, box 5, folder 14.
359 said to Charles was ‘Take care of Betty for me.’” Max Stanford interview, August 28, 2007.
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361 Europe during his second tour. “Malcolm X Reports He Now Represents World Muslim Unit,” New York Times, October 11, 1964.
361 they talked together until three in the morning. MX FBI, Summary Report, New York Office, January 20, 1965, p. 105; “Malcolm X in Cairo,” New York Times, July 14, 1964; and Travel Diaries (Transcription): Africa and Middle East, July-November 1964, July 12, 1964, MXC-S, box 5, folder 14.
361 Nasser’s Bureau of General Affairs. Travel Diaries, July 13-17, 1964, MXC-S, box 5, folder 14.
361 whom he had previously met in Ghana. Ibid.
361 only to fall victim to “American dollarism.ʺ Address to the OAU, July 17, 1964, MXC-S, box 14, folder 5; and Travel Diaries, July 17-21, 1964, MXC-S, box 5, folder 14.
362 criticizing the lack of racial progress. “Malcolm X Bids Africans Take Negro Issue to U.N.,ʺ New York Times, July 17, 1964; and DeCaro, On the Side of My People, pp. 236-38.
362 generally described as having failed. “Malcolm X Fails with Africans,” Chicago Defender, July 27, 1964.
362 a violator of human rights. M. S. Handler, “Malcolm X Seeks U.N. Negro Debate,” New York Times, August 13, 1964.
362 “the gains outweigh the risks.” Malcolm to Betty Shabazz, August 4, 1964, MXC-S, box 3, folder 2.
363 including one, The Suez and the Revolution, accompanied by local contacts. Travel Diaries, August 4, 1964, MXC-S, box 5, folder 14.
363 anathema to the NOI. Ibid.
363 failure to address the charges of immorality. “Muhammad’s Son to Quit, Says Report,” Chicago Defender, August 17, 1964.
364 “be printed only on asbestos.” Victor Riesel, “African Intrigues of Malcolm X,ʺ Los Angeles Times, August 7, 1964.
364 was certainly a “wonderful blessing.” Malcolm to Betty Shabazz, August 4, 1964, MXC-S, box 3, folder 2.
364 not scale back his schedule. Travel Diaries, August 6-7, 1964, MXC-S, box 5, folder 14.
365 “Allah has really blessed me.” Travel Diaries, August 11-16, 1964, ibid.
365 summarizing the recent OAU summit. Ibid.; MX FBI, Memo, New York Office, September 8, 1964; and “The 2nd African Summit Conference,” MXC-S, box 5, folder 18.
365 “twentieth-century form of ‘benevolent colonialism.’” Malcolm X, “The Second African Summit Conference, August 21, 1964,” in Clarke, ed., Malcolm X: The Man and His Times, pp. 294-98.
365 “found no doors closed to me.” Ibid., pp. 299-300.
366 “and physical slave of the system.” “Racism: The Cancer That Is Destroying America,” MXC-S, box 5, folder 10. Fanon advanced this argument in Black Skin, White Masks (New York: Grove, 1967).
366 ancient temples in the Valley of the Kings. Travel Diaries, August 26-29, 1964, MXC-S, box 5, folder 14.
366 important stamps of legitimacy. Travel Diaries, August 30, 1964, ibid.
366 Queens home by January 31, 1965. MX FBI, Summary Report, New York Office, January 20, 1965, pp. 57-58, 140; and “Order Eviction of Malcolm X,ʺ Amsterdam News, September 5, 1964.
366 into unauthorized agreements with foreign governments. FBI—Goodman, Memo, Nicholas Katzenbach to the Director, September 1964.
367 would be the guest of the local governor. Travel Diaries, September 12, 1964, ibid; MX FBI, Memo, New York Office, September 10, 1964; and Advertisement, Chicago Defender, September 12, 1964.
367 press conference in Gaza’s parliament building. Travel Diaries, September 5, 1964, MXC-S,