Radio broadcast of an interview with Malcolm X, 1962

Biographical Note

Civil rights activist

Scope and Contents

Malcolm X discusses the events leading up to a violent assault on Nation of Islam Temple No. 27 by Los Angeles Police Department officers on the night of April 27, 1962, during which seven Muslims were shot and one man, Ronald Stokes, was killed. He describes how a dispute stemming from police harassment of Muslim men removing dry cleaning from a car quickly led to a retaliatory raid on the mosque by the LAPD. Malcolm X goes on to detail how unarmed members of the mosque were indiscriminately beaten and shot by police, arrested and held without medical treatment, and subjected to taunting and racial epithets from officers. He concludes by sharing his views on how Muslims should respond to police violence and his thoughts on seeking justice for the incident

Subjects

• African American civil rights workers--Interviews.
• Black Muslims.
• Elman, Richard M., interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Los Angeles (Calif.)--Race relations.
• Nation of Islam (Chicago, Ill.)
• Police brutality--United States.
• Public affairs radio programs.
• Stokes, Ronald.
• WBAI Radio (New York, N.Y.) broadcaster.
• X, Malcolm, 1925-1965--Interviews.