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i a 2 ai 4 re ty # a Pore A Aa ‘4 MN raed de vue ay, NY 105-8999 , - . "In areas where our people are the constant victims of brutality, and the government seems unable or unwilling to protect them, we should form rifle-clubs that can be used to defend our lives and our property in times of emergency, » such as happened last year in Birmingham, Plaqeimine, Louisiana, Cambridge, Maryland, and Danville, Virginia. When our people are being bitten by cogs they are within their rights to kill those (\ Ogs. The April 10, 1964 edition of the "New York Post, " contained an article on page 49 relative to MALCOLM X and his MMI. This article in pert reflects an interview with MALCOLM xX in which he advised that he personally had a rifle and has taught his wife how to use it. He has instructed her to shoot anyone = black, white, or yellow - who tries to force his way into sur house . The March 20, 1964 edition of "Life" magazine contained | an article on page 4o concerning MALCOLM X, in which he was | quoted as stating, "Every Negro ought to have a weapon in his | house, a rifle or a shotgun.” i The March 22, 1964 edition of the "New York Times, contained an article on page 17 of the magazine section concerning! MALCOLM X in vhich he eatated that Negroes gshould defend them Lh de cid WU deh OU EE eee Ee ee eee eee selves, even if it means taking rifles and shotguns and driving from their door the people who are brutalizing Negroes. He , was quoted as saying, "Every American citizen is guaranteed under the Constitution the right to bear arms in self defense. Since he has the legal right to own 8 shotgun or rifle I would advise the Negro to have one. The March 28, 1964 edition of the “New York Amsterdam | News," contained an article on page 35, concerning a speech by MALCOLM X on March 15, 1964, at a meeting of the Harlem Community Council on Housing, held at 32 West 118th Street, New York City. This article stated that in his speech MALCOLM I exclaimed that he wanted to clarify an earlier statement to ' the effect that black men should buy rifles and shotguns for their own defense. He was then quoted as saying, "In cases | where the government has proved itself unwilling or unable \ ~ 43 - A