○  malcolm x: message to the grass roots  ○

the slavemaster took tom and dressed him well, and fed him well, and even gave him a little education -- a little education; gave him a long coat and a top hat and made all the other slaves look up to him. then he used tom to control them. the same strategy that was used in those days is used today, by the same white man. he takes a negro, a so-called negro, and make [sic] him prominent, build [sic] him up, publicize [sic] him, make [sic] him a celebrity. and then he becomes a spokesman for negroes -- and a negro leader.

i would like to just mention just one other thing else quickly, and that is the method that the white man uses, how the white man uses these "big guns," or negro leaders, against the black revolution. they are not a part of the black revolution. they're used against the black revolution.

when martin luther king failed to desegregate albany, georgia, the civil-rights struggle in america reached its low point. king became bankrupt almost, as a leader. plus, even financially, the southern christian leadership conference was in financial trouble; plus it was in trouble, period, with the people when they failed to desegregate albany, georgia. other negro civil-rights leaders of so-called national stature became fallen idols. as they became fallen idols, began to lose their prestige and influence, local negro leaders began to stir up the masses. in cambridge, maryland, gloria richardson; in danville, virginia, and other parts of the country, local leaders began to stir up our people at the grassroots level. this was never done by these negroes, whom you recognize, of national stature. they controlled you, but they never incited you or excited you. they controlled you; they contained you; they kept you on the plantation.

as soon as king failed in birmingham, negroes took to the streets. king got out and went out to california to a big rally and raised about -- i don't k

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