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Malcolm X — Part 1

119 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Feb 17, 1953 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Malcolm X · 118 pages OCR'd
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Letter to Director, FBI C4 yt TEA 7 WY 105-8 999° , CON MTIAL if Our Own" “in Newark, New Joreyy, SD... ee. a val th fect was interviewed by SAS: +. care Lo at which time, EDO ey, Ags en subject readily a members. I Tanple #7, NYC,: re cae put would not admit that he was a hiniater. or teacher” of. # Temple #7, NYC. . The subject was very weogerative in this | interview and refused to furnish ah information concertiing * “ the officers, names ofmembers, to furnish doctrines or-.: a aoe beliefs of the MCI or family backgrdtnd dave on himself’. a ag vegeta The subject did state. that he believes in: the teachings — eee “y of ELIJAH MOHAMMED of Chicago, Illinois and that. MOHAMMED = was his leader and that he considered MOHAMMED superioy. . . eS on to all. He considered the "Nation of Islam" higher and o me a eater than the US Government, When’ questioned concerning ~ 220 <2 %; alleged teachings of racial hatned of the MCI, he stated ~ ow, that they do not teach hatred, but the truth, that the -.°-¢ "black man" has been enslaved in the US by the "White man". 8 and that no one could dispute it. The’ subjeat tated that: ee el the "black man" has died for the "White ‘man" “all over the “SSH <1 world, He described the “black man” who respects the US mo Government, as "Uncle Tom" in that they have considered the "White man" and his government first and placed himself _ in a secondary position. The aubject was questioned concerning - whether: be ...would'.; serve: in the US Armed Forces and Af he would defend the US egainst an attacking enemy/ BBY. oe y eee 4 + =. = ae tee De h x HY would not answer, The subject wotld not answer a8 ton F505 it: et whether he considered himself a oitizen of the US. when. <. x * = asked if he considered the MCI a government as well as a oe op. religion, the subject would not answer. When asked if. . ge he considered himself and the Negro race in slavery in the” US by the White man, the subject remarked that yqnu_ would . aa have to only read the history books in the library to rei ay a know that they are in slavery. The subject did admit that - La we dumng World War II he admired tne Japanese people and _— soldiers and that he would have liked to join the Japanese _ Ee Army at that time. He claims to have never been a membapP . Seer hoy”: . of the CP or the American Youth for Democracy or to have.” es ek known anyone who was associated with it. "++: a gS - . ayo -5- ; copii -=—-—- = wee em et ee
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