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Prev. 12-14-64) Tolson b | en Belmont a ' a Mohr — = INTERVIEW = Ee —_ Casper ww . - Callahan . * Contad Feit WITH Sele Nnosen Sullivan Tavel Trotter Tele Room _ a WW P/E . a jell fee > — 7 - ———— me The following interview was given by Malcolm X F of ee x to YOUNG SOCIALIST editorial board members _. NOT RFECORDED b Jack Barnes and Barry Sheppard early this year. Vo 176 MAR 26 1965 What image of you has been projected by the press? a Well, the press has purposely and skillfully pro- jected me in the image of a racist, a race suprema- cist, and an extremist. TETE at Haye z Whai's wrong with this image? stand for? First, I'm not a racist. I'm against every form of racism and segregation, every form of discrimina- tion. I believe in human beings, and thatall human 7 beings should be respected as such, regardless of g / J The Washington Fost ane aido you really H Times Herald their color. - . . The Washingten Daily News Why did you break with the Black Muslims? | 1 didn't break, there was a split. The split came °.g2 gi e~ York Herald Tribune about primarily because they put me cut, and they fi ew York Journgl-American put me out because of my uncompromising ap- proach to problems | thought should be solved and the movement could solve. I felt the movement was dragging its feet in many o The Evening Star ew York Daily News New York Post The New York Times The Baltimore Sun PAC. areas, It didn't involve itself in the civil or civic or ~ 6! The Worker political struggles our people were confronted by. The New Leader All it did wis stress the importance of moral refor- The Wall Street Journal mation—dgn't drink, don't smoke, don't permit The National Observer fornicatién 7 d Jadultery. When I found that the People's World — hierarchy ifselfAvasn't practicing what it preached, Date March-April 165 it w clet hat this part of its program was YOUNG SOCIALIST bankru \ ney a ly svay it could function and be mean- Page 2 / noful ifothde community was to take part in the ports _RBILE Use communit eer cer ae politiclsl Oat economic facets of the Negro struggle. " An@ We werganization wouldn't do that because the . —EE——