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Malcolm X — Part 7
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MALCOLM X addressed an audience of 200, the majority a ou: ~
white, at Stiles Hall, the University of California YMCA {otf —
campus.) He criticized the University administration for re- _
fusing to let him speak on campus and likened himself to Presi- ...
dent EISENHOWER when the latter was forced to cancel his visit
to Japan, In his talk, MALCOLM X demanded land for the black
people in exchange for 300 years of slavery. The newspaper re- _
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enthusiastically received by, the, overflow audience, a,
On the evening of 5/11/61, from 9:30 p.m. to 10:15 pom,
MALCOLM X appeared on Televésion Station KQED, Channel 9, San
Francisco, on the program “Bay Area Profile.“ The program was | .
on video tape and ared in the form of a debate between _ * gh Fel
MALCOLM X and TERRY NCOIS, prominent San Francisco Negro ‘at ae ane
torney and President\ fr. “the._San, -Francisco Chapter of the” NAACP >“. te
Acting &5 moderator was the program host, CASFER: WEINBERGER, whos 57!
gave a brief history of the Black Muslim Movement, in Hs intro@2%2
ductory remarks. Each speaker presented a brief statement and————
' the remainder of the time was devoted to questions and answers.
During his talk and slao in answering questions, MALCOLM x. --:. Coc 5
stated that the Muslins are not black nationalists and are not” ~
political in nature as charged in recent publicity. He referred vate,
‘to himself as a “follower” of ELIJAH MUHAMMAD and not the number Ete
two man of the movement. He said all of MUHAMMAD's followers”
are number two men. MALCOLM defined the group as religious in
essence, devoted to the moral reformation of black people in
America, seeking unity, harmony and economic independence from
“our forwer slave masters." He pointed out that “we” are not.
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Class citizens. He decried the use of integration as a panacea, —
ané he cited-the meager gains made since the 195% Supreme Court
ruling as an indictment of integration and as a need for com
plete separation, not segregation. MALCOLM called ELIJAH MUHAMMAD
@ modern MOSES and the hope of the black man in Awerica, He mene
tioned that the FSI spends untold sums to harrass “us Heck wen"
and has yet to charge "us" with sedition or cite "us" as a sube .
versive organization under Executive Order. ee te ee
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