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411 “we’re waiting for the other.” Clark, ed., February 1965, pp. 20-22.
412 the South within a few weeks. “Stop Demonstrations,” Chicago Defender, February 6, 1965; Clark, ed., February 1965, pp. 23-28; and MX FBI, Teletype, New York Office, February 4, 1965. A few weeks later, Malcolm gave a very different interpretation of his experience at Selma. In his February 15, 1965, lecture at the Audubon Ballroom, he criticized “my good friend, the Right Reverend Dr. Martin [laughter] in Alabama, using school children to do what the federal government should do. . . . School children shouldn’t have to march.” One of King’s assistants did not want Malcolm speaking with young people involved in the protest. “The children insisted that I be heard. . . . Many of the students from SNCC also insisted that I be heard. This is the only way I got a chance to talk to them.” See Clark, ed., February 1965, pp. 138-39.
412 “do not support the U.S. war.” MX FBI, Memo, New York Office, February 2, 1965; MX FBI, Memo, New York Office, February 8, 1965, and February 9, 1965; and MX FBI, Memo, Tokyo Office, February 19, 1965.
412 “than Moise Tshombe,” he declared. Clark, ed., February 1965, pp. 32-33.
412 to look “like a criminal.” Ibid., p. 33.
413 “well have been locked up.” Ibid., pp. 34-41; MX FBI, Cablegram, Paris Office, February 11, 1965; MX FBI, New York Office, February 10, 1965, and February 11, 1965; and “France Bars Malcolm,” Chicago Defender, February 10, 1965.
413 “determine why this incident took place.” Malcolm X to Dean Rusk, February 10, 1965, MXC-S, box 3, folder 4.
413 “human rights for the black man.” Clark, ed., February 1965, pp. 42-44.
414 “forms of segregation,” he insisted. Ibid., pp. 46-65.
414 “he’s losing his control.” Ibid.
415 “start off a bloody battle.” “Aid to Malcolm X by BBC Assailed,ʺ New York Times, February 14, 1965; “Malcolm X Pays Smethwick Call,” Washington Post, February 14, 1965; and “Malcolm X On Tour,” New York Herald Tribune, February 14, 1965.
415 “want to follow Malcolm X.” Gene Sherman, “Malcolm X Stirs Up Resentment in Britain,” Los Angeles Times, February 14, 1965.
415 “They are all the same.” Clark, ed., February 1965, pp. 69-72.
416 “From Washington,” Malcolm replied. Rickford, Betty Shabazz, p. 222.
416 late into the night in his study. Ibid.
416 “how great his strength was.” Ibid., pp. 222-24; “Malcolm Xʹs Home Is Bombed,” Chicago Tribune, February 15, 1965; “Three Fire Bombs Hit Home of Malcolm X,ʺ Los Angeles Times, February 15, 1965; “Malcolm X, Kin Flee Bombing,” New York Daily News, February 15, 1965; “Who Bombed Malcolm Xʹs Home?” New York Post, February 15, 1965; “Malcolm X Denies He Is Bomber,” Amsterdam News, February 20, 1965; and “Malcolm X Accuses Muslims,” New York Times, February 16, 1965.
417 “firebombing [of the] house.” Thomas 15X Johnson interview, September 29, 2004. Since Johnson’s death, Malcolm X researcher Abdur-Rahman Muhammad has also confirmed that NOI members were responsible for firebombing the Shabazz home.
417 into an almost uncontrollable rage. Rickford, Betty Shabazz, pp. 222-24.
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418 Freedom Now Party in Michigan. MX FBI, Memo, W. C. Sullivan to J. F. Bland, February 1, 1965; MX FBI, Memo, Detroit Office, February 14, 1965, and February 17, 1965; and Clark, ed., February 1965, pp. 75-107.
418 usual sharpness had abandoned him. Rev. Albert Cleage, “Myths About Malcolm X,” International Socialist Review, vol. 28, no. 5 (September-October 1967), p. 33.
419 “power structure that’s so corrupt.” Clark, ed., February 1965, pp. 75-107.
419 “We sure didn’t bomb it.” “Malcolm Xʹs Home Is Bombed,” Chicago Tribune; “Three Fire Bombs Hit Home of Malcolm X,” Los Angeles Times; and “Malcolm X’s Home is Fire-Bombed,” Washington Post, February 15, 1965.
419 “house. That was the government.” “Malcolm Accused Muslims of Blaze; They