Malcolm flew to Los Angeles to meet attorney Gladys Towles Root and two former Nation of Islam secretaries who were filing paternity suits against Elijah Muhammad. He said he felt responsible for having introduced the women to the organization and wanted to support their legal action. The entry centers the women’s agency and the limits of what a filing proves: the existence of a lawsuit is not itself a judicial finding on paternity.
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What does the January 28 Los Angeles meeting establish?
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The record documents support for the women’s legal action, not its final outcome.