Lot 73
MALCOLM X
(1925 - 1965) American civil rights and Muslim leader, a brilliant orator who preached black seperatism and nationalism, assassinated while giving a speech in Harlem. MALCOLM X WRITES HIS TEACHER, ELIJAH MUHAMMAD Important content signed typed letter signed "Bro. Malcolm X" with holograph postscript, 1p. 8 1/2" x 11", Elmhurst, New York, July 13, 1960. The revolutionary civil rights leader and spokesman writes to his spiritual leader, Nation of Islam founder Elijah Muhammad, describing his ongoing efforts to spread Muhammad''s teachings and other news. In small part: "...the financial help you gave me...I look upon it as ''seed-corn''...when you see it again it will have produced a decidedly large ''increase''...We want your program on the air here in Harlem...I''m off to Philadelphia to show my slides tonight which show your followers'' economic progress and spiritual growth...I re-established contact with the Nigerian I had met on the plane...ALLAH really blessed me to thoroughly brainwash several of them, and send them back to Nigeria loaded down with our literature...three of them made it to the temple sunday...The Africans, all are government officials...I''m not trying to convert any of them...somewhere down the line they may come in handy...good propaganda to use...Mr. John Patterson is the the only so-called Negro downtown on Wall Street…He''s in the ($) investment business...He is very impressed by what you have already done...He sees the Black Man coming to the top...''. In the postscript, Malcolm says he will ''encourage'' Amsterdam News journalist Dan Burley to write about Muhammad in his columns. Fine condition.
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