Malcolm X (12 page)

[BUREAU DELETION] Muslims known to him either shave their hair or wear goatees.

According to records [BUREAU DELETION] the Subject wears chin whiskers.

The following description of the Subject was obtained from the records [BUREAU DELETION]

This case originated at: Detroit, Michigan

Report made at: Detroit, Michigan

Date when made: 3/16/54

Period for which made: 2/5,8,9,10,11,23,24/54

Report made by: SA [BUREAU DELETION] b7C

MALCOLM K. LITTLE, was Malachi Shabazz; “Rhythm Red”; “Detroit Red”; Jack Carlton; Malcolm X Little Character of case: Security Matter-C; Security Matter-MCI

Subject presently traveling about United States making contacts with various temples of the Muslim Cult of Islam. Receives mail at 18887 Keystone, Detroit, Michigan. Subject, [BUREAU DELETION] wrote letters indicating he was a Communist. [BUREAU DELETION] Subject wrote letters indicating membership in Muslim Cult of Islam. Subject reported in attendance at various Muslim Cult of Islam meetings in Detroit from February, 1953 to June, 1953. Criminal record and description set out.

The title of this case is being marked changed to include the alias
Malcolm X Little
, by which name the Subject is known in the Muslim Cult of Islam.

This case originated at: Philadelphia

Report made at: New York

Date when made: 9/7/54

Period for which made: 8/24,25,27/54

Report made by: SA [BUREAU DELETION] b7C

Title: MALCOLM K. LITTLE, was Brother Malcolm X

Character of case: Security Matter-MCI

[BUREAU DELETION] the subject attended meetings of the MCI, Temple No. 7, NYC, during January, 1954. [BUREAU DELETION] subject was a tour leader for the NYC Temple No. 7 at the Chicago Convention of the Cult in February, 1954. [BUREAU DELETION] subject was in attendance at Temple No. 7 and was enthusiastically going over the teachings of the cult. [BUREAU DELETION] the subject has openly spoken against the “white devils” and has encouraged greater hatred on the part of the cult towards the white race. [BUREAU DELETION] that the subject resides in Philadelphia and rents a room at 2535 Humphrey Street, East Elmhurst, Queens, New York when he is in the city.

Brother MALCOLM LITTLE of the Cult's Temple at Boston, Massachusetts was a guest speaker at the Muslim Cult of Islam (MCI) meeting on January 8, 1954. [BUREAU DELETION] the subject had suggested that all members start a recruitment of younger members to go to the future meetings of the MCI.

[BUREAU DELETION] MALCOLM LITTLE was in attendance at the New York Temple quite regularly and [BUREAU DELETION] MALCOLM LITTLE is going over the teachings of the Muslim Cult from the beginning. [BUREAU DELETION] the subject was very enthusiastic about discussing any basic or elementary lessons with the Muslim members in an attempt to influence the Negroes in their interest about their faith.

[BUREAU DELETION] the new minister for Temple No. 7 is an individual known as MALCOLM.

[BUREAU DELETION] MALCOLM X had stated that he had recently been transferred from the Philadelphia area to replace the former minister who had traveled from Washington to handle the duties of the minister in the New York area. He advised
that MALCOLM X appeared to be more educated than other members of the cult and was a very convincing speaker. He advised that during the course of some of the subject's talks, he had openly spoken against the “white devils” and had encouraged greater hatred on the part of the cult towards the white race.

[BUREAU DELETION] during one of the sermons given by MALCOLM X, he told the audience that he had once served in a federal penitentiary and stated that he was quite proud of the fact that he was chosen to serve time in the federal penitentiary for his beliefs in the Muslim doctrine. [BUREAU DELETION] the subject had encouraged the members to deem it an honor and a privilege to be called upon by the prophet to spend time in the federal penitentiary because of their religious beliefs.

This case originated at: New York

Report made at: Philadelphia

Date when made: 11/18/54

Period for which made: 10/12,21,29;11/3,4,8,10/54

Report made by: SA [BUREAU DELETION] b7C

Title: MALCOLM K. LITTLE, was

Character of case: Security Matter-MCI

Subject resides at 2535 Humphrey Street, East Elmhurst, New York. [BUREAU DELETION] Minister of MCI Temple at Philadelphia and New York; has made numerous speeches at MCI meetings indicating a knowledge of the aims and purposes of the MCI; attended numerous meetings of MCI at Philadelphia during period March, 1954, to present. Description set forth.

[BUREAU DELETION] the subject spoke at a meeting of the MCI [BUREAU DELETION] and stated that Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun and many others had started to remove the devil before the devil's time was up. LITTLE explained to his
audience that the war now taking shape is a race war and in this race war women, children, and old men will be killed. In any other kind of war, either political or economic, the destruction of all members of a particular group is not necessary because a person's political and economic beliefs can be changed. In the case of a race war, however, no such change can be effected and it is necessary, therefore, to kill the children of the opposing races as well as the adults.

The subject spoke at a meeting of the MCI [BUREAU DELETION] and stated that he was being followed by the FBI and had been questioned by them because they are frantic to stop the teaching of Islam. LITTLE stated that there is nothing that the FBI could do to stop the spreading of the message that the white man is the devil and the black man is God. [BUREAU DELETION]

Speeches made indicating understanding of the aims and purposes of the MCI

The subject spoke at a meeting of the MCI [BUREAU DELETION] and stated that the black man in the East is “kicking out” the white man and soon the white man will be kicked out of Europe and the only place he will be able to go is North America where he will be destroyed.

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[BUREAU DELETION] the subject spoke at a meeting of the MCI [BUREAU DELETION] and told those assembled that the only thing the white man will let the Negro own is a saloon or a church and if the Negro does not get drunk in the saloon, he can get drunk in the Christian church. According to LITTLE, the Christian preachers are getting paid to deceive the black man by teaching him what the devil (white man) wants him to learn. LITTLE stated that the white man knows that if the black man in North America learned about Islam, then it would be time for the white man to be destroyed.

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The subject was present at a meeting of the MCI [BUREAU DELETION] and told those assembled that not only ELIJAH
MUHAMMAD teaches that this government is going to be destroyed but also teaches that all white people all over the earth are going to be destroyed. According to LITTLE, the War of Armageddon is starting in the East and America knows that the Bible prophecy is being fulfilled and they are the lost children of the so-called American Negro. LITTLE stated that the white man knows that he is going to be destroyed and that is why he keeps watch over the American black man.

[BUREAU DELETION] the subject spoke at a meeting of the MCI [BUREAU DELETION] and told those assembled that the ministers of Christianity teach many fallacious theories and tell many lies and are the hirelings of the white man and do his bidding. According to MALCOLM, the King James version of the Bible was an interpretation made by King James in order to continue the devil in power and is false.

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[BUREAU DELETION] the subject spoke at a meeting of the MCI [BUREAU DELETION] and stated that nowhere else than in the Temple of Islam is it told that the white man is the devil and that nowhere else is it told that the black man is the God of the earth and the only supreme being. In addition, LITTLE advised that the white man was allotted six hundred years to rule and that time came to an end in 1914. Ever since that time the white man has been having trouble, yet there are many colored people who still love the white man and will be destroyed with him because they love him so. According to the subject, the Mau Mau in Kenya, South Africa, had to first kill many of their black brothers who insisted on protecting their white enslavers, and this too will happen in North America.