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Malcolm X — Part 12
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"2 (MALCOLM X SCORES
| US. AND KENNEDY
Likens Slaying to ‘Chickens
Coming Home to Roost’
Malcolm KX, « leader of the
Black Muslims, yesterdey char-
acterizedi the assassination of
President Kennedy as an in-
stance of “the chickens coming
home to roost.”
Accusing Mr. Kennedy of
i {i“twiddiing his thumbs’ ef the
,Killing af Routh “Vietnamese) |
President Ngo Dink Diem and
hig brother, Ngo. Dirh Nhu,
Maleoim X told a Black Muslin
rally at the Manhsttan Center
that he “never foresaw that the
chickens would come Bome to) cerTICAL OF KENNEDY:
roost #0 s0Gr.” ie an old| Malcolm X, leader of the
farm boy myself, ens tom-| Black Muslims, daring &
ing home to roost never did| speech at Manhketias Center.
[Bike me aad; teeye always =
made me. glad.” remarks on
1 ihe Kennedy assassination were|nerve ¢o say it than that I really
iade at a point when the audl-lapproved of .”
Jliorium wes open to questions! piatcclm K was especiaily
land comment from the floor.
| leughter joud applause and. sch on Washington. ae
7 pepers Chided charged thet the Negro leaders
Meters x ved the of the march were actually in
a ee a
crowd, as
of g “white Uberel
‘estimated at about 700, thatthe employ
tummedistely after Mr. Ken-[conspirecy thst tucluded Presi-
'nedy’s aasassination the Black dent Kennedy and that was de
jMustim leaderabip had beenivoted to “tokenism.” In one ret-
asked for commenta by the! ence to the march, which had
Bnewspapers, He charg this
‘wag an attempt to trap the the Lincoln and Washington me-
Ilargpanigation inte = “fanatiejmorials as main, focal points,
jaiGesbly dagmatic™ statement. Matepim X said: }
;He said the press was looking| -By keeping them yiarching; © 4
for such s remark as: “Hooray.lbetween two dead Presidents! (2.
hooray! Ym giad he got 31!" liney never had a chance to
With thie exclamation, there!reach the then ve President”) b»
was morg Jaughler and sp-| The rally was closed to white] &
plause. men, except for members df tue
In further criticism of Mr. press, who were searched thor-
iennedy, the Muslim leaderiouphly by some of the scores of] 3
cited the murders of Patrict(ptack Mustim cadre stationed) 3
Lumumba, Congo leader, of Med=i:nroughout the hall as police-; ;
gar Evers, civil rights Jeader|mer, °
and of the Negro girls. bombed :
earlier this year 9 a Blrming-|, .
tam. church. These, he aid, .
were Instances of other “ehick-| 20. ...00.. USE Nora sew
ens coming home to roost. * an
“They've got come home :
comme day" He ae LAST WEEK
Throughout his address, which
‘asted an hour, Mace Xe| OF RACING
vested a previous contention
hat the B Musiim move- E BIG A
nent js based on monotheistic
ove and tolerance of e]] man,
neluding white men, However,
ye said that while his followers
were nonviolent, they were en-
‘ouraged for of self.
leferise to study judo and karate
‘nd “everything else you should
earn that will show you how to
week @ white man’s neck.)
Again there was applause and) °
aughter. :
Later s member of the audi.
once who declined to be ident!-
‘ied told a reporter his enjoy-
ment of thia remark was: “more
‘oy the fact that he had the|g
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