Podcast
American Scandal
The book details the FBI's investigation into Malcolm X, revealing their increased interest in him as he became a more prominent leader in the civil rights movement and developed his black nationalist views. The FBI's surveillance methods, including phone tapping, are discussed.
I wrote a book, Malcolm X, the FBI file. And looking through the FBI files, the FBI was not really that interested in the nation of Islam. They saw it as a kind of a religious cult.
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The book details the FBI's investigation into Malcolm X, revealing their increased interest in him as he became a more prominent leader in the civil rights movement and developed his black nationalist views. The FBI's surveillance methods, including phone tapping, are discussed.
I wrote a book, Malcolm X, the FBI file. And looking through the FBI files, the FBI was not really that interested in the nation of Islam. They saw it as a kind of a religious cult.
There really isn't very much in the FBI files about Malcolm until about 62, 63, as he begins to see that he wants to play a leadership role in the expanding civil rights struggle. That gains him a lot more attention.