Remarkable piece on CBS News tonight. Senior Malcolm Burnley tells of a forgotten episode of black history that occurred right here at Brown University in “Inquisitive student finds some living history linked to Malcolm X.” As improbable as it seems Malcolm X once came to speak at Sayles Hall in response to a piece written by student Katherine Pierce for the Brown Daily Herald. At the time Malcolm X had given up on integration.
Burnley had come across a 1961 article in the Brown Daily Herald written by a student named Katherine Pierce, who argued that integration of the races was the key to progress. Malcolm X had read the article and came to Brown to push back.
Burnley tracked down Pierce who is also interviewed.
She even had a tape of that night in Sayles Hall that included her own introduction.
“I now turn the platform over to Minister Malcolm X Shabazz.”
And the words of the man himself.