(Richard Saunders from Pictorial)


Elijah Muhammad, who makes all major decisions, confers with his chief aids: (top left) Raymond Sharrieff, chief of The Fruit of Islam; (top right) Malcolm X; (bottom left) National Secretary John X; (bottom right) Elijah Muhammad, Jr., gives orders to The Fruit of Islam by walkie-talkie, while Malcolm X listens.

(Photo by Eve Arnold, Magnum)


Malcolm X makes phone call from Muslim store in Chicago.

(Photo by Eve Arnold, Magnum)