Malcolm X_ A Life of Reinvention - Manning Marable [371]
441 “‘Don’t hurry; come tomorrow!’” Mitchell, Shepherd of Black-Sheep, p. 20.
441 “life go out of his body.” Abdullah Abdur-Razaaq interviewed by journalist Gil Noble, Like It Is, ABC, June 7, 1998, New York City.
441 “shoot [Captain] Joseph” in retaliation. Ibid. In this 1998 television interview Abdur-Razaaq insisted, “There’s no question in my mind Malcolm was executed. He was not assassinated. When you assassinate someone, you are concerned with the manner and the audience that see this. And you have an authority behind you when someone is executed. . . . There is no question in my mind that the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Special Services of the New York Police Department [were] in cohort with those who pulled the trigger,” stated James.
442 main stairwell into the street. Goldman, The Death and Life of Malcolm X, p. 274.
442 dispatched to the crime scene. Investigation Timeline, February 21, 1965, Case File 871-65, Series I, MANY.
442 reaching the emergency room. Ibid.
442 “the pen for immediate use.” Ibid.
443 “told him I had been hit.” Willie Harris interview with NYPD, February 21, 1965, Case File 871-65, Series I, MANY.
443 Malcolm’s was the sole fatality. William Parker interview with NYPD, February 21, 1965, ibid.
443 “their hands in their pockets.” Grant, “The Last Days of Malcolm X,ʺ p. 96.
443 “this wasn’t nothing but coincidence.” Smith, “The 15 Seconds of Murder: Shots, a Bomb, and Despair.”
444 gangs feuding against each other. In a 2004 interview, Goldman sharply posed the question “What should the police have done? . . . They should have taken the threat very seriously. They should not have said in the press that the firebombing, for instance, was a publicity stunt. They should have been more aggressive in trying” to stop the assassination. To Goldman, the FBI was far more responsible for triggering Malcolm Xʹs murder than the NYPD, because it had “inflamed the civil war” between Malcolm’s followers and the NOI. Peter Goldman interview, July 12, 2004.
444 “seated in the Audubon Ballroom.” Abdur-Razaaq, Like It Is, June 7, 1998.
444 “Mr. Warden stopped talking.” James Warden interview with the New York Assistant District Attorney Herbert Stern and NYPD, February 21, 1965, Case File 871-65, Series I, MANY.
444 “nothing of any further value.” Reuben Francis interview with Herbert Stern and NYPD, February 21, 1965, ibid.
445 light of the recent firebombing. Peter Goldman interview, July 12, 2004.
445 as advertised, at seven p.m. DeCaro, On the Side of My People, pp. 271-72.
445 fired four or five shots. FBI “Informant Report,” unnamed, February 22, 1965, Case File 871-65, Series I, MANY. Authorʹs note: The FBI maintained numerous open files on Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, and other NOI leaders, at FBI headquarters and at different field offices throughout the United States. Each individual document, even relevant newspaper clippings pertaining to the subjects, were individually cataloged. For several relevant FBI documents, both redacted and unredacted, that are available in the New York District Attorney’s case file on the murder of Malcolm X, I have simply identified the document by its contents and date.
445 “the front of the room.” Jasper Davis Report, Teletype, New York Office, February 23, 1965, in District Attorney’s Files, ibid.
445 ran “out [through] the ballroom.” Teletype, New York Office, February 22, 1965, ibid.
446 “stated, ‘We are at war.’” Ibid.
446 FBI informant Ronald Timberlake. Teletype regarding Ronald Timberlake, New York Office, February 22, 1965, ibid.
446 the two shooters he had seen. Ronald Timberlake interview with NYPD, February 22, 1965, ibid.
446 grandson and other NOI subordinates. Clegg, An Original Man, p. 228.
447 “total extent of Sister Bettyʹs funds.” Alex Haley to Paul Reynolds, February 21, 1965; and Alex Haley to Paul Reynolds, February 27, 1965, Anne Romaine Collection, UTLSC, series I, box 3, folder 24.
448 abruptly canceled the contract. Kenneth