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...Malcolm X] urged Black Moslems to adopt a full-fledged violence strategy," said Epps. "Malcolm described himself as the angriest man on earth. I would not wish that state on anyone...
...dean said he invited Malcolm X to speak at Harvard several times during the 60s because the Black leader embodied many of Epps' own struggles with understanding problems in race relations...
...thought that if white people could only learn to understand why Malcolm X was so angry at them and at the Black people whom he saw as their stooges, they could learn to respect the Black people with whom they share this world," said Epps...
Epps said that Malcolm X was silenced for 90 days by the Black Moslem movement, ostensibly for comments he made about the Kennedy assassination, but in actuality because he posed a threat to Elijah Mohammed, the movement's leader...
...Malcolm X's relationship with Mohammed was comparable to the activist's earlier association with the gang leader of a Harlem hustler society, Epps said...