MALCOLM X: Why must I run against a Negro? We have had enough of Negroes running against and fighting each other. The better bet is that we would put a Muslim candidate in the field against a devil, somebody who is against all we stand for. LOMAX: What are the chances of the Black Muslims joining us in picket lines for better jobs?... MALCOLM X: As I told you, only Mr. Muhammad can answer that. But let me tell you something: Better jobs and housing are only temporary solutions. They are aspects of tokenism and don’t go to the heart of the problem. This is why integration will not work. It assumes that the two races, black and white, are equal and can be made to live as one. This is not true. The white man is by nature a devil and must be destroyed. The black man will inherit the earth; he will resume control, taking back the position he held centimes ago when the white devil was crawling around the caves of Europe on his all fours. Before the white devil came into our lives we had a civilization, we had a culture, we were living in silks and satins. Then he put us in chains and placed us aboard the “Good Ship Jesus,” and we have lived in hell ever since. Now the white man’s time is over. Tokenism will not help him, and it will doom us. Complete separation will save us--and who knows, it might make God decide to give the white devil a few more years. SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL READING Baldwin, James. _The Fire Next Time._ New York: Dial Press, 1963. Bennett, Lerone, Jr. _Before the Mayflower._ Chicago: Johnson Publishing Co., 1962. Beynon, Erdmann D. “The Voodoo Cult Among Negro Migrants in Detroit,” _The American Journal of Sociology_, XLIII, No. 6 (May 1938). Franklin, John Hope. _From Slavery to Freedom._ New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1956. Frazier, E. Franklin. _Black Bourgeoisie._ Chicago: The Free Press of Glencoe, 1957. Handlin, Oscar. _Race and Nationality in American Life._ Boston: Little, Brown, 1957. Herskovits, Melville J. _Myth of the Negro Past._ New York: Harper & Brothers, 1941. Lincoln, C. Eric. _The Black Muslims in America._ Boston: Beacon Press, 1962. Leibrecht, Walter and others. _Religion and Culture: Essays in Honor of Paul Tillich._ New York: Harper & Brothers, 1959. Lomax, Louis E. _The Reluctant African._ New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960. ----, _The Negro Revolt_. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1962. Myrdal, Gunnar. _An American Dilemma._ New York: Harper & Brothers, 1944. INDEX Abyssinian Baptist Church (New York), 44 Africa Akbar brings promise of help from, 100, 101 culture of matrilineal society, 37 political institutions, 36-37 religion, 37-39 knowledge of history of, 67-68 languages of, 36, 37 Malcolm X in, 71-72, 152 nationalism in, 184-86 African Methodist Episcopal Church, 44 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 44 Airplane crash (1962), 206