Josh Clark

And then from that point on, they have the dignity and the motivation to make something for themselves as a community.

That was his goal.

That's ultimately what he was preaching.

That was the kernel of the whole thing.

So, Chuck, Malcolm X has become he's the face of the Nation of Islam to the press, to the public.

People like they know the name Elijah Muhammad.

You might even have seen him speak.

But it's way likelier that you've seen Malcolm X speak.

And that's who you associate as the head.

So if you're the protege and you become that the power kind of shifts like that, the mentor doesn't usually like that kind of thing.

Then on top of it, the mentor, Elijah Muhammad, was starting to get on in age.

And so the people around Elijah Muhammad, including his blood family, were worried that Malcolm X would actually take over.

So there was a lot of reason for there to be jealousy, backbiting, core intrigue, and get rid of Malcolm X one way or another.

And that's essentially what happened.

No, for sure.

And now, like now Malcolm X was a big problem because this is not something that Elijah Muhammad wanted out to the public.

It would immediately discredit him.

And so do you remember kind of at the beginning I was saying how Malcolm X had to kind of compartmentalize and turn off critical thinking and stuff like that to allow himself to submit to Elijah Muhammad?

After this, after he realized that this guy is actually not the real deal.

he was able to kind of grow and spread like one of those sponge dinosaurs that you put water on and they grow.