European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                M sidelights 3maligned Malcolm left his Mark on human right Clarence Page James Farmer a famous civil rights Leader in the mrs. Took on the unenviable task of debating Maleom x on television several limes during the Sears when Malcolm still made it his Mission to put a scare into White folks. Fortunately for Farmer he was a much belter debater than the hapless character Spike Lee pits against Malcolm in one amusing scene in his hit movie Malcolm x. Lee s Malcolm thrashes his Black Bourgeois opponent by comparing him to a House slaves who were so Loyal to their Plantation masters that they would stay on the Plantation even w Hen Freedom was offered to them by rebellious a afield  the scene is drawn from life. Malcolm a Talent for destroying his opponents with wit and logic was so notorious that National Urban league Leader Whitney Young advised other civil rights leaders not to take him on lest they Embarrass the movement. F Farmer then National director of Core Congress of racial Equality declined Youngs advice. His strategy never debate Malcolm a diagnosis of the problem. Press him instead for prescriptions. A was Long As Malcolm attacked the sins of the White Man against Blacks he was on solid ground. Farmer who teaches history at Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg a Quot recalled in a Telephone interview. A you  argue with him on that without appearing to be either an Uncle Tom or a fool. Quot but Malcolm was weak when he had to provide .1 solution or a program. He did no to have much to rely on except the teachings of his Mentor the Hon. Elijah Muhammad. So he d Call for Black people to separate. Distance themselves from Whites on mime Island somewhere. But. Farmer pointed out. It Whites hated Black As much As Malcolm said they did they could kill us All off with one bomb or strangle us with embargoes. Malcolm s Lack of practical solutions rankled civil rights leaders then and it continues to rankle some now. "1 still see no reason to say he Malcolm x is a great person a great negro retired supreme court the viewing of Malcolm x four Days after his assassination Ltd feb. Al. Justice Thurgood Marshall who once want threatened by Black muslims who did t like his pro me Gration stance said in 1991, a and i ask a simple question what did he Ever do name me one Concrete thing he Ever  he has a Point. Now that Leeds movie a it aroused renewed interest in the life of Malcolm x. Who already was experiencing a surprising revival among Young african americans too Young to remember his life it is important to take a closer look at both Malcolm a value As a Leader and his limits. Malcolm x desegregated no schools registered no voters and passed no Laws. 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