Josh Clark

He had also captured the attention of the NYPD around that time where there was a protest because the Harlem police had brutalized a member of the Nation of Islam.

And there was like just a bunch of people came out on the street and were shouting about it because the guy had been beaten so badly, his skull had been cracked open.

And they wouldn't disperse.

So Malcolm X was inside essentially negotiating that the guy should get care and take him to the hospital with the police officials and managed to get them to agree to that.

But the crowd was still angry, wouldn't disperse.

And the cops were trying.

It wasn't very effective.

So Malcolm X went outside and apparently didn't say a word, just waved his hand.

And the crowd stopped yelling and just dispersed.

And apparently the I think the police commissioner witnessed this and was like, that's too much power for any one man to have, especially somebody who believes that the black race is going to take over from the white race and that the white race is all devils like that.

That scared them tremendously.

And it also really caught their attention.

He it put him on their radar essentially forever.

Yeah, I saw that, too.

And not just the FBI, but also the NYPD.

Just let it happen.

So just real quick, Chuck, I say we take a break in a second and talk about his break with the Nation of Islam.

But I just wanted to kind of give a thumbnail sketch of like what he was saying.

You can go listen.

You should start with maybe the ballot or the bullet is a great speech that gets his point across from this era.