Friday, December 3, 2010

Post Five, Chapter Fifteen & Sixteen.

In Chapter 15,  is a very short chapter but The Nation of Islam buys Elijah Muhammad a house in Arizona because he is aging and is getting sicker. Malcolm X starts making a bigger amount of decisions without Muhammad knowing. He also starts going to universities but Elijah Muhammad disapproves of the university lecture circuit. Some of the Muslims accuse Malcolm of trying to take over the Nation of Islam. Malcolm's name starts showing up less and less to try and reduce the jealous of Elijah Muhammad.







In Chapter 16, Malcolm X's welcome at the Nation of Islam is getting very complex in the fact that, they thought he was trying to take it over. He changes is teaching to the moral code but eventually he goes to see Muhammad for advice. Malcolm assumes that Elijah Muhammad was going to confess to everyone but he did not. It made it worse when John F. Kennedy was assassinated because no ministers could comment on it. But Malcolm went ahead and called it the "the chickens coming home to roost." Malcolm was silenced for a ninety days. But all Malcolm can think about is that, they did this on prepose because they want to get rid of him. Malcolm can't believe the betrayal. Malcolm started hearing thing around town, like theres a warrant out for his death. After he was booted all Malcolm could think about is how to get back on the political and economic interests of the black people. He used his famous status to organization called "Muslim Mosque, Inc." in Harlem. 

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