Posted on 02/29/2020 9:55:40 AM PST by rktman
Malcolm X had been a major figure in the Nation of Islam (NOI) since the early 1950s. Rejecting Martin Luther King’s vision of a peaceful path to racial integration, Malcolm openly defended the use of violence as a means of black liberation: “You don’t have a peaceful revolution. You don’t have a turn-the-cheek revolution. There’s no such thing as a nonviolent revolution.” In March 1964 he warned: “There will be more violence than ever this year. White people will be shocked when they discover that the passive little Negro they had known turns out to be a roaring lion. The whites had better understand this while there is still time. The Negroes at the mass level are ready to act.” Maintaining also that “the white man is a devil,” Malcolm dutifully promoted the NOI doctrine which held that history would eventually culminate in a racial Armageddon where whites would be exterminated by a deadly “mother ship” equipped with hundreds of “baby planes” laden with powerful explosives.
Malcolm’s public denunciations of Elijah Muhammad caused many devoted disciples of the NOI kingpin to become enraged at Malcolm for his disloyalty. Historian David Garrow – once a “very active” member of the Democratic Socialists of America who makes numerous appearances in the Netflix documentary -- says: “The real threat to Elijah Muhammad and the Nation was that as soon as Malcolm had an independent pedestal, position, stature, people all across black America would flock to Malcolm’s banner and abandon Elijah and the Nation.”
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Yes, but the claim that the FBI was behind it is being planted in fertile soil. It is now widespread public knowledge that the FBI will commit crimes to get convictions and will not tell the truth, even under oath on FISA warrants. AND after being caught at misdeeds, if not crimes, the FBI and DOJ just laugh their way out of it.
The premise of this series seems to be poisonous to the republic, but who can say it is wrong, giving what is played out in headlines today? Very sad.
“Don’t be messin’ with my pockets!”
I sense another blame whitey moment coming....
Well, lest we forget, the obxxx team works for nutzflix. Just sayin’.
That was pretty interesting & had some facts I was not aware of. I’m curious as to how many members the NOI has.
Thanks for the thread.
Calypso Louie, that’s who.
MX was partially right. There was more violence. Except is was violence of black against black, not whitey. Oops.
Absolutely.
***whites would be exterminated by a deadly “mother ship”***
I remember reading something similar about whites being eliminated in 1890. Now if he could just get his followers to do the Ghost Dance.
“...Who Killed Malcolm X?...”
Don’t know, but whoever it was deserves a medal.
Louis Farrakhan and Elijah Muhammad killed Malcolm X.
Along with many police officers which Farrakhan to this day orders be done.
After we find out who killed him, then we can find out what happened to Wallace Fard.
That was a pathetic statement.
‘Later that night, we spoke in private about many things: he was completely opposed to the Vietnam war and was supportive of the Cuban revolution that had pushed him to study the ideas of socialism and Marx. What of his sparring contemporary, Martin Luther King? He expressed respect but disagreement.
As I rose to leave, I hoped we would meet again. His response stunned me. He was doubtful that we would because “they’re going to kill me soon”.’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/19/malcolm-x-oxford-kill-me-soon-assassination-tariq-ali
“...That was a pathetic statement...”
Then Don’t read it.
The article states that damning evidence that Farrakhan was involved was intentionally left out, and that the greater purpose of the “documentary” is to blame whitey. It distorts many other facts to do just that.
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