CARE OF   THE LAND      TRADITION



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LOS ANGELES   1962      IN ORDER FOR YOU AND ME TO DEVISE SOME SORT OF METHOD OR STRATEGY, TO OFFSET SOME OF THE EVENTS, OR THE REPETITION OF THE EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE HERE IN LOS ANGELES RECENTLY, WE HAVE TO GO TO THE ROOT.

WE HAVE TO GO TO THE CAUSE. DEALING WITH THE CONDITION ITSELF IS NOT ENOUGH. WE HAVE TO GET TO THE CAUSE OF IT ALL. THE ROOT OF IT ALL. 
 



HARLEM   1964      TO TRY AND FORM SOME SORT OF ORGANIZATION, OR CREATE A SITUATION WHERE THE YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, THE STUDENTS, AND OTHERS, COULD STUDY THE PROBLEMS OF OUR PEOPLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEN COME UP WITH A NEW ANALYSIS, AND GIVE US SOME NEW IDEAS, AND SOME NEW SUGGESTIONS, AS TO HOW TO APPROACH A PROBLEM THAT TOO MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PLAYING AROUND WITH FOR TOO LONG .. 

THERE HAVE BEEN MANY OF OUR PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE WHO HAVE TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO TRY AND POOL THEIR IDEAS AND TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM THAT CONFRONTS ALL OF OUR PEOPLE

.. [AFTER SPENDING] MANY WEEKS IN AFRICA TRYING TO BROADEN MY OWN SCOPE, AND GET MORE OF AN OPEN MIND TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AS IT ACTUALLY IS


THE PURPOSE OF OUR ORGANIZATION ... TO BRING ABOUT THE COMPLETE INDEPENDENCE OF AFRICAN PEOPLE ...


[MALCOLM] EXPLAINED WHAT IT MEANT TO BE HEAD OF THE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE, WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HEAD OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, HOW THE GOVERNMENT REALLY FUNCTIONS

I TOLD HIM, MAN WE’RE IN TROUBLE NOW, WE DONE STOPPED TALKING NONSENSE, AND STARTED EXPLAINING HOW IT OPERATES, YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. BECAUSE MOST AMERICANS DON’T KNOW HOW THIS COUNTRY OPERATES. WHITE OR BLACK.

HE EXPLAINED HOW GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WORK, HOW THEY WORK IN OTHER COUNTRIES..

“THAT’S THE KIND OF ORGANIZATION WE’RE TRYING TO DEVELOP, WHERE PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND. THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THINGS”

HIS TEACHING WERE BECOMING MORE POLITICAL AND ANALYTICAL