Josh Clark

And the points he makes, it's like, you can be white and he's talking about you being a white devil.

Sorry, you.

All white people are white devils.

He was uncompromising in that, right?

It wasn't like, yeah, I mean, some of them are okay.

No white people were okay in this philosophy.

And he, in addition to that rhetoric, he also just knew how to work the media and what levers to pull.

And he pushed Elijah Muhammad way out of his comfort zone to allow him to do new stuff with the Nation of Islam that helped bring in tons and tons of people.

One of the first big ones was a documentary from Mike Wallace, of all people, back in 1959 called The Hate That Hate Produced.

And it just basically said, look at these guys, but at the same time, listen to what these guys have to say.

And it exposed the world to black Muslims and it really helped drive up membership.

All daughters, right?

The whole along the way.

Even twins, I think the last ones born were twin daughters.

So, yeah, you said that he wasn't really trying to make friends and he didn't care whether he ticked people off.

So the old guard, the existing guard of the Nation of Islam, who had been around long before Malcolm X came along.

Um, they were not happy with this.

They did not like to be told that they were doughy and had to diet or else they'd be suspended.

Um, but he was attracting people who were very much in line with himself.

So very quickly, as he started to build up the roles of the members of Nation of Islam, the