CORE historian August Meier vs. Malcolm X
August Meier, Malcolm X
This is a 2020 article on a 1962 debate between CORE historian and member August Meier and Malcolm X at Morgan State University, a historically Black college in Baltimore, Maryland where Meier was a history professor. While the article is not too flattering in its portrayal of Meier, it is a great account of the event and helpful in its mention of other debates between Malcolm X and CORE leaders James Farmer and Bayard Rustin.
Judson Jeffries
Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men , Fall 2020, Vol. 8, No. 1
Indiana University Press
2020
Spectrum
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English
text
Baltimore, Maryland 1962
audio of Philadelphia CORE chairman Louis Smith and Malcolm X
Louis Smith, Malcolm X
This is a rare radio interview featuring Philadelphia CORE chairman Louis Smith, Malcolm X, and the Rev. Renny Morgan of the First Refuge Baptist Church in Camden, New Jersey. The exact year is unknown but it is safe to say it would be from the early part of the 1960's. The interview was broadcast on Philadelphia's WDAS and was hosted by Joe Rainey.
The audio is often full of static but is still instructive. It comes by way of Louis Smith's son, Louis Smith, III.
The interview is broken up into three files: 1a, 1b and 2.
WDAS
Louis Smith, III
Louis Smith, Jr.
196?
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English
audio
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1960's
debate between CORE field secretary Evie Rich and Malcolm X
Evie Rich, Malcolm X
This is a 1961 debate between CORE field secretary Evie Rich and Malcolm X on Philadelphia's WCAU radio. It is the classic integrationist vs. nationalist debate.
While Evie Rich did a good job in representing the CORE position, Malcolm X beat up on her pretty bad especially once he found out she had a White husband, Marv Rich, who was the second in command of CORE. In his debates with James Farmer and Bayard Rustin, he was no where near as disrespectful. One has to wonder if part of the animus he had towards her was in part because she was a woman.
WCAU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1-sd6uTV_A
1961
.mp4
English
audio
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1961