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homosexual” [FBI 2/5/64].
In Queens, New York, refuses comment on his suspension from the NOI but says it was his own fault and he is not bitter toward EM. Believes that so-called Negro leaders are incompetent to lead Negroes; affirms that he would have no objection to being contacted by the FBI regarding demonstrations or public affairs contemplated by the NOI [FBI 2/5/64].
February 10, 1964
Rift between MX and EM appears to be widening [FBI 2/10/64].
February 27, 1964
Allegedly leaves Hampton House in Miami but intends to return in March; says, “If you think Cassius Clay was loud, wait until I start talking in March” [FBI airtel 3/3/64].
February 1964
Former assistant to Malcolm at Mosque No. 7 informs him that he has been asked by a mosque official to wire MX’s car with a bomb.
March 6, 1964
Summons issued to MX for speeding on Triborough Bridge [FBI 5/19/64}.
March 8, 1964
New York Times carries article entitled “Malcolm X Splits With Muhammed.” MX plans to create “black nationalist party” and will cooperate with local civil rights actions in order to heighten political consciousness of Negroes.
March 9, 1964
Meeting between MX, E. Grant, and J. Warden to discuss incorporation of MMI (Muslim Mosque, Incorporated). Informant reports that EM has ordered MX to surrender his home and car, both of which are owned by the NOI [FBI airtel 3/12/64].
    Appears on “The World At Ten” from 10:00-10:30 P.M .on WNDT Channel 13 in New York; talks about split with EM [FBI 3/11/64].
March 10, 1964
NOI member sends letter to MX requesting that he return all NOI property, including his home at 23–11 97th Street, East Elmhurst, Queens.
    Tells Ebony magazine that Black Muslim leaders have “got to kill me. They can’t afford to let me live. . . . I know where the bodies are buried. And if they press me, I’ll exhume some.”
    NOI sends MX certified letter requesting that he and his family vacate the premises at 23–11 97th Street in East Elmhurst because the house was purchased and is owned by Muslim mosque No. 7.
March 11, 1964
Sends telegram to EM stating that actions are necessary because of pressures from within NOI; MX also releases copy of telegram to the press.
March 12, 1964
Calls 11:00 A.M. press conference atPark Sheraton Hotel, at which he issues copy of his March 8 statement and his March 11 telegram to EM.
    Holds press conference in Tapestry Suite of Park Sheraton Hotel, New York; audience of sixty hears MX read a prepared statement and a telegram he sent to EM on March 11; announces a restricted meeting at 8:30 P.M . on March 15 at the George Washington Carver Club in New York [FBI 3/13/64].
March 16, 1964
Certificate of incorporation is filed for MMI.
    Appears in court and pleads not guilty for speeding violation [FBI teletype 5/19/64].
March 18, 1964
Speaks at Leverett House, Harvard University, according to March 19 report by informant [FBI 4/3/64].
March 23, 1964
Sends six followers to meet with leaders of EM’s mosque in New York [FBI 3/27/64].
March 24, 1964
Speaks on “Bob Kennedy Show” on WBZ, Boston, from 6:30 –8:00 P.M.; subject is “Negro—Separation and Supremacy” (according to March 25 informant’s report; clarifies statement concerning death of President Kennedy [FBI 4/3/64].
March 26, 1964
Meets Martin Luther King, Jr. face-to-face for the first and only time after King news conference at U.S. Capitol.
April 3, 1964
Delivers speech, “The Ballot or the Bullet,” at Cleveland symposium sponsored by CORE (Congress of Racial Equality).
April 4, 1964
EM tells The New Crusader that MX’s failure to maintain silence during his suspension forced EM to extend the suspension.
April 8, 1964
NOI files eviction proceedings against MX; MX answers them on April 13; hearing is set for April 17 but is postponed twice, first until May 26 and then until June 3.
    Delivers speech at a Militant Labor Forum in New