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Malcolm X — Part 9
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The May 24, 19062, edition of the “Los Angeles
Herald Dispatch’ contained an article which reflected that
a protest rally against police brutality was held in Los
Angeles on May 20, 1962, at the Park Manor Auditorium which
was sponsored by the "County Civic League" the latter being
described in the article as an independent organization
dedicated to the protection and preservation of the biack
community.
The article reflected that the subject apoke.
at this meeting and is quoted as saying "...Not a Muslim
but a black man was shot down", The article indicated that
the subject reiterated the importance of not letting religious,
political, social or economic differences divide the blacks.
He further stated, according to the article, “For you're
brutalized because you're black and when they lay a club on
the side of your head, they do not ask your religion, You're
black that's enough”.
This article went on to say that subject urged that ali
of the blacks should unite into one organization with one aim,
They should let the powers that be know that one spark could
set off a fire, and he urged that the hezds of ail organizations
meet and work out strategy and that they should march by the
thousands on City Hali.
The May 21, 1962, edition of the “Citizens News",
a daily newspaper published in Hollywood, California, contained
an article which reflected that subject spoke at a rally
against police brutality held in Los Angeles on May 20, 1962.
He was quoted as saying that "police brutality must end before
something happens that can't be stopped. We must come together
against the common enemy. Remember all of us are black. It's
not a Muslim fight. It's a black man’s fight”.
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