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Originally Posted by Lou-Ville Sluggah
let me guess...was it the one in which he talked about Elijah Muhammad having the illegitimate kids?
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Nah, that wasn't it. I've seen that one, though. In this one, he just called him a religious faker. I remember reading a book a long time ago-I can't remember the name of it-but, it said Malcolm found out NOI's revenues were insufficient by checking the financial records, yet the organization still existed. After much digging, he discovered NOI was actually funded by a white Texas billionaire who supported separatism and agreed blacks should leave the country and return to Africa. So Elijah didn't exactly "build" the Nation either.
I believe the government facilitated the assassination of Malcolm through the motives of the NOI. His objectives to acheive black nationalism were a bit more radical than Dr. King's. I'll check that book, too. Thanks.