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Malcolm K. Little — Part 6
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The "Los Angeles Herald Dispatch” of
April 23, 1959, carried an article captioned
"MALCOLM X calis for Bandung Conference of Negro
Leaders". This article referred to the above
celebration on April 15, 1959, and related that
"Mr. X had been preceeded by many prominent, speakers,
including Manhattan Borough President HULANY JACK,
and His Excellency CHARLES T, 0 ING, ambas
of Liberia to the UNItéw Nations’ “Riso present
were celebraties DAKOTA/STATON, State Senator
JAMES; WATSON, . nisteriae a
“J. A./ROGERS, JOHN WOUNG III
and Hosts of others. 2 A ZROGER BOS Rae Se arm prea
“Many of the celebraties ducked for cover
as the popular, outspoken Moslem leader, pointing
his finger into the CBS televisior cameras, branded
the entire white race as ‘devils' and es a common
enemy of a1] dark mankind. The biggest surprise
came from the crowd, entbusiastically stomping
and roaring its approval, with such thunderous applaure
that several times during his Speech mr. X had to
hold up his hands and beg them to allow him to
continue.
“He pointed out that if the people in
Africa are getting their freedom, then 20 million
blacks here in America, instead of shouting hallelujah
over what is happening 9,000 miles from America,
‘should study the methods used by our darker brothers
in Africa and Asia to get their freedom.'
" 'It has been since the Bandung Conference
that all dark people of earth have been striding
toward freedom," stated MALCOLM X, ‘but there are
20 million biacks here in America yet suffering
the worst form of enslavement....mental bondage,
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