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MALCOLM X.

LARGE COLLECTION OF SPEECH OUTLINES.
Approx. 200 Autograph Manuscripts, 820 pages, most legal folio, various places including New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles, n.d., being outlines and notes for speeches given at the Nation of Islam temples and public rallies, some cuts, creasing to edges, pages thumbed overall.

This lot features an impressive collection of Malcolm X's notes and outlines for the many public speeches he gave during his career with the Nation of Islam. As Malcolm became more and more confident as a speaker, he needed less and less preparation of his written material. Nonetheless, Malcolm approached each appearance with a clear agenda, whether discussing the mythos of Elijah Muhammed and the Nation of Islam, the moral reformation of the black community, the significance of the Bible as a religious text for Muslims, the issues of separation and reparations, or the Kennedy administration's manipulation of the Civil Rights community for its own ends. In several manuscripts, Malcolm addresses the lynching of NOI member Ronald Stokes by the LAPD. Stokes, secretary for LA's Mosque #27, was stopped by police coming out of a dry cleaners where he worked. He was harrassed, beaten, and shot by officers, who then proceeded to assault other unarmed members of the Temple. In once speech, Malcolm likens the Stokes incident to the rampant attacks on blacks in the south. In part: " Murder of Ronald T. Stokes & the cold-blooded shooting of six other unarmed negroes ... What are Negroes Saying (America, Africa & Asia)? That Ronald T. Stokes was lynched by the LAPD just like Emitt Til & Mack Parker in Mississippi. / 1. Only difference: Mississippi did their lynching undercover, where they couldn't be seen. / 2. These uniformed lynchers lynched Ronald T. Stokes in public, right before our eyes (slapped the Negro Community in the face):/ A. Play our intelligence cheap / B. Unarmed man attacked well-armed police (no weapons in hand, & they well-armed with guns and clubs) / C. Shot up 'place of religious services': found no weapons. / D. Then: turn you against us: we anti-Negro, anti-American, subversive, violent, & teach hate...."

Lot no. 2166
Sale no. 7308z

Estimate 30000 / 50000

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