Signed manuscript, one onionskin page, 8.5 x 11. A portion of a 1964 interview of Malcolm X conducted by Alex Hailey for Playboy magazine. The entire interview was transcribed and sent to Malcolm X to proofread and approve. The page reads, in part, “The Civil War’s been over for a hundred years, and there is not freedom for the black man yet…On record for integration you’ve got the President, Congress, the Supreme Court - show me your integration; where is it? The churches - the most segregated morning in America is Sunday morning. The labor unions? The NAACP just got thrown out the back door for daring to question the lily-white policy. Mr. Muhammad teaches us to be for what’s practical, really practical - and that’s the separation. It’s also more natural than integration. Just like it’s no more unnatural for us to be given some land of our own than plenty of other things the white man has done - for practical reasons.” Signed at the bottom in black ballpoint, “Malcolm X. In fine condition. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
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