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‘By Rasa Gustaitis Of The Herald Tribune Sta/f solemn march to commenep- rate the ceath of Malcolm/= turned cut to be a small and lonely procession yesterday. ; ,. A year ag9, 22.000 mourners : had welicd past the bier of . the militant Black Nationalist j ayer, 22: Thomas 15X John- who had come to repres2nt? con 30, and Norman 3X But- Negro anger and growing} jer, 96, racial pride to many in this , country and abroad. But yes-! baie -ue pete Reinbelrin terday, in the midst of the eared in 13-decres weather on trial of nis alleged killers, not ee ee eam wh ad even 100 friends and admirers eame to honor his memory. As they marched to the beat of an African drum, be- hind voodoo priests in white winc-whinped garments, the the corner of 110th St. and Lenox Avenue at 10 a. m. yes- terday had learned about the march for “the Prince of our black captive non-selfgovern- ing people” from leaflets dis- streets of Harlem were de. J tibuted outside the court serted and hardly anyone room last week. even parted a curtain to gaze 4=- They waited until 11:30 out a window. & a.m. when « line finally - oe formed. Only 65 people were “WHO CARES* in it. There would have been 69, but four white sympathi- “This is showing us who zers were told they could not really cares about black,” re- take part. tTarked Ahmadu Wachuku, white people don't live in one of the leaders of the com- fariem, they only own things memoration. The march was in Harlem,” explained Dan “a Joint endeavor of various Watts, editor of Liberator splinter groups,” he sa magazine which co-sponsored BPUnLET EICUS, Lt said. Nobody has actively tried to the march. take over the leadership of “We were hoping white peo- Malcolm X’s Organization of pie wouldn't come,” someone Afro-American UUIty, and his else said. “This is black.” followers have scattered since Mr. Wachuku, wearing a red _ his death. Mrs, Ella Mae Col- jfez and carrying « carved ; ins, his sister, is officially his | stick, took the lead. The stick successor, but she spends much } was a sawawisha, an African of her time in Boston and is |symbol for “the forces of rarely seen at the Hotel Ther- | equalization,” that worked “by esa, where the group still has [hand,” Mr. Wachuku said. its headquarters. VS ee ee en | Neither Mrs. Collins Mrs. Betty Shabar, the widow Malcom XX who was also with an anhk, known as El Hajil Malik El [Egyptian symbol of “lfe and Shabazz, were present yester- tion,” according to # day. Mr. Wachuku said it had jvoodoo priest. been “a trying week" for the Then cama Chieen Mather Moore of the voodoo Temple Mrs, Shabazz had appeared” Yoruba, who represented fn Supreme Court last Pe te Yemoja, the goddess of during the trial of the motherhood, A large woman men charged in the murder of in black and white fur- her husband. She told how she trimmed cloak, red turban abs al nal he Weta eb oe ae shielded her children when @ and red shoes, she said she volley of shots hit Malcolm X was “everything my people ‘ on the stage of the Audubon are.” Ballroom, before 300 specta- Behind her walked w tors. in turbans and African hair- The prosecution has rested /cuts, men with single earrings, ] at cate pnd the defense is to ® man in turban and djella- | BASE 2S ¢ [bah, an African alsa__kuoma \ as Talmadge marchers carried a red, yellow What had been bitsd as » Only a Handful in Harlem Parade Note Anniversary members from Temple Yoruba | gets | see ee \ ; planned but that the manage- | Close behind him three |: of [and green flag embroidered | an ancient robe, and “| string of others, At 118th Street, seven other Tolson eLoach 3 Cgsper Callahan Conrad Felt ao Rosen : Sullivan _.- ai Tavel Trotter Tele, Room Holmes Ga of His Death joined in. One beat a cere- monial drum, one carried a rifle, symbol of Ogun, the yoodoo god of war. Baba Osergeman, the chief priest, carried a sword and an iru kere, an ox-tail stick sym- bolizing Obatala, the god of peace. Others held a white parasol with gold tassels. Up Lenox Ave. they marched, past the Bethel Gospel, Penta- costal Assemble—ineqfvitz's ar and, Grill, the Legal Aid ciety, Dunbar Pawnbrokers, Glamor Pix a dies uNeathe Truth Coffee Shop. Then along 145th Street to St. Micholas Ave, up to 161ét Street to Broadway and 166th ' Street, where the Audubon | F Ballroom, site of the murder, is. It was l-p.m. when they arrived. : Mr. Wachuku said that a hea heen fmaida Pets ty Hut masting eetlng ment had cancelled the * group’s reservation. He called - for a boycott of the hall. The brief ceremony outside took only five minutes. Queen ee The Washington Pest and Mother Moore held up & | Times Herald clenched fist and led a cry of “Uhuru!” (freedom). Mo- ments Jater the cstract vas empty again. Washington Daily News Evening Star Yerk Herald tnbune York Journg!l-Ametican York Daily News York Post New York Times Baltimore Sun The Worker New Leader Wall Street Journal National Gbserver \ People’s World a r Date “fy VAs po. 999 eA ONO? PD ORDEL mae 191 FEA 24 1966