he said, i'll hold on that, you should meet with elijah mohamed first. he writes this article in the pittsburgh courier about all of these connections he's make anything 1959 while still in the nation of islam. fast forward to 1964 when he's traveling, guess who he begins writing? guess who he begins contacting? the people that he met in 1959. so this is the kind of work that is done in this book. so you get a fuller sense that what happens in 1964 doesn't come out of nowhere, it comes out of this longer engagement malcolm had with the muslim world. now, as to the, um, the human side of malcolm, you know, malcolm, um, most of us who have studied malcolm, read his autobiography, read his speeches or listened to his speeches captivating -- one of the best speakers of the 20th century, sharp political thinker. but he was not a political machine. he was a human being. he was, i mean, he really tried to be a machine at one point according to what we have in this book. he has to check himself into the hospital for exhaustion. and, like, a few days later he's b

i think it elijah mohammed had the better plan.e taught at the black community that he was teaching is long to that men and women should understand of the blood connection that children have with their parents and their parents and families should contribute to the child's welfare. i think that is better over contraceptives and abortions. i think a woman should be over 18 where she can provide for her child if she decides she wants or wants to not have a child. that should not be the general public's responsibility. i do think the importance of that child relationship with its parent should be stressed. guest: lemme tell you, i will just reiterate once again, no federal money is spent for abortions, period. i advocate having federal money spent for abstinence based sex education. as i said earlier in the show, in the parent of two young women in this age group. i have talked them, do not have sex. if you at some point are going to, then please use pregnancy prevention. i think that is what most american parents have taught their ch