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Thanks klytus for the rational retort to maureen's misread of Malcolm X's spiritual and political evolution. The 1960's was a hotbed of angst, and too often the players of that era get pigeonholed and typecast. Things were not as simple as the read maureen gives of the prominent Black names back then. Here is a quote from one of them:
''I favor integration on buses and in all areas of public accommodation and travel...I am for equality. However, I think integration in our public schools is different. In that setting, you are dealing with one of the most important assets of an individual -- the mind. White people view black people as inferior. A large percentage of them have a very low opinion of our race. People with such a low view of the black race cannot be given free rein and put in charge of the intellectual care and development of our boys and girls.''
That was not H. Rap Brown, but Martin Luther King.
