Malcolm X_ A Life of Reinvention - Manning Marable [370]
432 would not be frigid. Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, p. 268.
433 “get ready and go see Daddy.” Rickford, Betty Shabazz, pp. 226-27.
433 on the main ballroom’s stage. Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, pp. 269-70.
434 at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital. Ibid., p. 269; and Peter Goldman interview, July 12, 2004.
434 rear room behind the Grand Ballroom’s main stage. Peter Bailey interview, June 20, 2003.
434 “should know better than that.” Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, p. 271; and James 67X Warden interviews, June 18, 2003, and August 1, 2007.
434 he yelled, “Get out of here!” Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, p. 271.
434 almost at his “wit’s end.” Ibid.
435 “‘with their problems in mind.’” Mitchell, Shepherd of Black-Sheep, p. 7.
435 Audubon audience burst into applause. Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, p. 271; Transcript of address by Benjamin 2X Goodman, delivered at the Audubon Ballroom, February 21, 1965. Copy and audiotape recording in possession of author.
435 booth close to the stage. Betty Shabazz interview with NYPD, March 1, 1965, Case File 871-65, Series I, MANY; and Jessie 8X Ryan interview with NYPD, no date, Case File 871-65, Series I, MANY.
435 “Minister Malcolm,” Benjamin hastily announced. Transcript of address by Benjamin 2X Goodman. Benjamin’s subsequent reconstructions of his final remarks bore faint resemblance to what he actually said on February 21, 1965. To journalist/historian Peter Goldman, Benjamin recounted that he had introduced Malcolm with these stirring words: “I present . . . one who is willing to put himself on the line for you. . . . A man who would give his life for you.” See Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, pp. 271-73.
436 “Hold it! Hold it! Hold it!” Ibid.
436 the men from the rear. Roberts responded to the disruption in the audience by moving forward from the rear of the ballroom. See Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, p. 273.
437 “hit the floor with a crash.” Herman Ferguson interview, June 27, 2003.
437 “over chairs and people’s bodies.” Ibid.
437 he, too, “fell to the ground.” John D. Davis interview with NYPD, March 5, 1965, Case File 871-65, Series I, MANY.
437 he “did not see anything.” Charles 37X Morris interview with NYPD, no date, ibid.
438 conspirators managed to escape. Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, pp. 275-77.
438 William would later recount. William H. George, interview with New York District Attorney’s office, March 18, 1965, Case File 871-65, Series I, MANY.
439 “alive! His heart’s still beating.” Welton Smith, “The 15 Seconds of Murder: Shots, a Bomb, and Despair,” New York Herald Tribune, February 22, 1965. Other detailed media accounts of Malcolm Xʹs assassination include: John Mallon, “Gunned Down as He Addresses Rally; 3 Men Wounded,” New York Daily News, February 22, 1965; Walter Blitz, “Gunmen Kill Malcolm X: Black Nationalist Is Shot at Rally in NY,ʺ Chicago Tribune, February 22, 1965; “There Are Three Who Will Remember,” New York World-Telegram, February 22, 1965; and Richard Barr, “Malcolm X Slain—The Reason Why,” New York Journal-American, February 22, 1965.
439 because she was clearly hysterical. Rickford, Betty Shabazz, pp. 229-30.
439 revive him with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Jenkins, ed., Malcolm X Encyclopedia, pp. 471-72.
440 camera and began taking photographs. Earl Grant, “The Last Days of Malcolm X,ʺ in Clarke, ed., Malcolm X: The Man and His Times, p. 96.
440 “to myself that he was gone.” Herman Ferguson interview, July 24, 2004.
441 “knew as Malcolm X is dead.” Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, p. 278.
441 “when it comes, it comes on time.” Benjamin Karim, with Peter Skutches and David Gallen, Remembering Malcolm (New York: Carroll