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o 0-19 (Flew, 5-27-63} — — Muslim E: Explains — Program fo_ CCNY Students By Karen Stone ' Minister Malcolm X, the na- ' tional representative of the Na- tion of Islam and the Hon. Elijah Muhammed, spoke to 600 students under the auspices of the E. V. Dilbs Club at City College of New ¥ijrk on Nov. 7, e began by stating that what ig called the black problem in the U.S. is the white man’s problem. . “The problem stems from the un- wanted presence of 22 million black people in this country.” “They tell the Negro that his ancestor, and he himself, is a savage, a cannibal. They don’t » mention that while Europe was deep in the Dark Ages, there wre advanced civilizations a Africa, il i The Negro in this country i dtad. He has been killed by thi greatest brainwashing device ever ? DEC oO 1904 invented, the American education system. ‘Socially, politically, qrul- turally, and economically, ‘ithe black man has been put to d ath, The only way for the black to become alive in this country is te restore the knowledge of his past, who we were, what we were, who brought us here, and what they did to us here. “Americanism” and “demorc- racy,” said the Muslim ‘leader, “was used to destroy us. All the. hell the black man has ever caught has been in the name of dem- ocracy. What Happened “Hitler practiced and preached the same thing; Uncle Sam prac- tices one thing and preaches jan- other. The methods of killing were perfected long before Hitler. Any historian will tell you that 100 million Africans were brought to America during the slave trade. After the Civil War there were 20 jmillion black people on the i eat + whole continent, You tell me what happened to the other 80 million black men. “George Washington traded a slave for a barre] of molasses — it could have been my grandfather. And if you tell me I have to look up to this kind of man as a founding father, you are out for your mind.” Malcolm X contrasted what ihe ed the. “Negro Revoluti win t the “Black Revolution.” The ever is "a diversion” — Woe er heard of a revolution that oe for a cup of coffee at a lunch counter, that begs for jobs?” But the world-wide “Black Revolution” will end white domination. “All the powers of technology, ‘automation and modern warfare were held to a truce in Korea by asants in sneakers, with fice {aes and rifles. The same his happened and is hap; in Siputheast Asia, in Algeria, ang, in Latin America. The white vhan has won his last war.” ” “ ee et emi armermnmommn ne SN eam A Tolson Belmont Mohr Casper Callahan Conrad DeLoach Evans Gale Rosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele Room Holmes Gandy Ole The Weehington Post and Times Heraid The Washington Dally News The Evening Star New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-Ametican New York Mirrot —.——————_—__—_-- New York Daily News New York Post The New York Times The Worker ——_____—__—__————- The New Leader __..__._— The Wall Street Journa! —.-__.__ The National Observer —_..____ People’ s = Werle ST Young Socielist bic a i, RG “ ‘ - 4 -