Mo,
Malcolm was an extraordinary man indeed and just as you said, one cannot
read his autobiography and not be moved by its power, all the drama,
excitement and suspense. Malcolm was an example of many things.
His early life is an example of what America did to African Americans. No
American Dream but an American Nightmare, in his own words.
His later life contains many examples of what faith and believe can achieve.
Going to jail practically illiterate after a painful childhood, he came
out and held himself up as a living example of what Uncle Sam did to its
Black people, but that it was also possible to choose a different path or
make a dramatic rebirth as in his case.
His reverence of and total loyalty to Elijah Muhammad before the
scandal about the Sisters broke out shows his believe in organisational
power. Yet his total sense of disappointment, betrayal and disgust at
learning about Muhammad's escapades and hypocrisy, as opposed to the
look-the-other-way attitude of the rest of The Nation of Islam, is another
example of yet another virtue that could go a long away in remedying our
malaise.
Over a decade ago when Malcolm was cover story on Newsweek, I
remember reading in it an interview with a young African American in which
he recalled how his life was changed singularly by reading Malcolm's
autobiography. A gang banger turned a post graduate student in economics.
Sadly, Malcolm was aware of the danger of the so-called Black-on-Black
violence and that it only served the interest of those who've always
attempted to keep them down at all cost. In a letter immediately after his
return from Africa, he wrote:
"My journey is almost ended, and I have a much broader scope than when I
started out, which I believe will add new life and dimension to our struggle
for freedom and dignity in the States. I am writing these things so that you
will know for a fact the tremendous sympathy and support we have among the
African States for our Human Rights struggle. The main thing is that we keep
a United Front wherein our most valuable time and energy will not be wasted
fighting each other."
Regards,
Kabir.
On 10/2/07, Mo Baldeh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Kabir,
>
> While Islam's story sounds plausible, I wonder if police had checked out
> his alibi since he claimed to have been at home on that fateful day. The
> cold-blooded murder of Malcolm X highlighted the cancer that has been
> tragically referred to as black-on-black violence.
>
> One has to read his autobiography (as narrated to Alex Haley) in order to
> fully understand how Malcolm had lifted himself up from obscurity to become
> such a great thinker of his era.
>
> Momodou.
>
> Kabir Njaay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> The Man Who Didn't Shoot Malcolm X :
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