Good question, I admit he didn't even occur to me as I was writing my take on the early civil rights movement, or who had played what roles. In Mississippi, in the early '60s, his name didn't come up, as far as I remember. Perhaps the 'Nation of Islam' (when was it founded, and when did Malcolm X come to prominence within it?) was viewed as a tangent?
Malcolm X eventually went to Egypt and Mecca, and became a 'real' Muslim, abandoning a lot of the 'white devil' thinking. Many years later, I had a very interesting and productive meeting with the American Muslim leader (a black minister from NJ) who mentored him through these changes. It was quite a story, not adequately covered in the movie MALCOLM X. What's your take, Ray? Cheers, Lawry > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian McAndrews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 5:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Futurework] FWD: The King They Still Won't Talk About > > > Hi Ray and Lawry, > And what about Malcolm X? > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
