Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 6 P46 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | 438 MALCOLM X We are not FIGHTING FOR INTEGRATION NOR ARE WE FIGHTING FOR SEPARATION. We ARE FIGHTING FOR RECOGNITION AS HUMAN BEINGS. WE ARE FIGHTING FOR . . . HUMAN RIGHTS. Malcolm X Elijah Muhammad took a somewhat less rash approach and favored a general nonengagement policy in place of more confrontational tactics. Malcolm s increasing popularity as well as his caustic public remarks began to create tension between him and Elijah Muhammad. Malcolm became frustrated at having to restrain his comments. When President john f. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22 1963 Malcolm exclaimed that Kennedy never foresaw that the chickens would come home to roost so soon. Malcolm later regretted his comment and explained that he meant that the government s involvement in and tolerance of violence against African Americans and others had created an atmosphere that contributed to the death of the president. Nevertheless his comments and his increasing public notoriety prompted Elijah Muhammad to silence Malcolm and suspend him as a minister on December 1 1963. Members of the Nation of Islam were instructed not to speak to him. However by 1963 Malcolm had become disillusioned by the Nation of Islam particularly with rumors that Elijah Muhammad had been unfaithful to his wife and had fathered several illegitimate children. On March 8 1964 while still under suspension from the Nation of Islam Malcolm formally announced his separation from the organization. He soon announced the creation of his own organization Moslem Mosque Incorporated MMI which would be based in New York. MMI Malcolm stated would be a broad-based black nationalist organization intended to advance the spiritual economic and political interests of African Americans. On March 26 Malcolm met for the first and only time with Martin Luther King in Washington . King at the time was scheduled to testify on the pending civil rights ACT OF 1964. in April 1964 Malcolm made a spiritual pilgrimage to Mecca the holy .
