○  malcolm x: message to the grass roots  ○

ntegrate it; they infiltrated it. they joined it, became a part of it, took it over. and as they took it over, it lost its militancy. they ceased to be angry. they ceased to be hot. they ceased to be uncompromising. why, it even ceased to be a march. it became a picnic, a circus. nothing but a circus, with clowns and all. you had one right here in detroit -- i saw it on television -- with clowns leading it, white clowns and black clowns. i know you don't like what i'm saying, but i'm going to tell you anyway. 'cause i can prove what i'm saying. if you think i'm telling you wrong, you bring me martin luther king and a. philip randolph and james farmer and those other three, and see if they'll deny it over a microphone.

no, it was a sellout. it was a takeover. when james baldwin came in from paris, they wouldn't let him talk, 'cause they couldn't make him go by the script. burt lancaster read the speech that baldwin was supposed to make; they wouldn't let baldwin get up there, 'cause they know baldwin's liable to say anything. they controlled it so tight -- they told those negroes what time to hit town, how to come, where to stop, what signs to carry, *what song to sing*, what speech they could make, and what speech they couldn't make; and then told them to get out town by sundown. and everyone of those toms was out of town by sundown. now i know you don't like my saying this. but i can back it up. it was a circus, a performance that beat anything hollywood could ever do, the performance of the year. reuther and those other three devils should get a academy award for the best actors 'cause they acted like they really loved negroes and fooled a whole lot of negroes. and the six negro leaders should get an award too, for the best supporting cast.

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