Editing Malcolm X (section)

=== Funeral ===
The public viewing, February{{nbsp}}23{{ndash}}26 at Unity Funeral Home in Harlem, was attended by some 14,000 to 30,000 mourners.<ref>{{harvnb|Perry|1991|p=374}}. Alex Haley, in his Epilogue to ''The Autobiography of Malcolm&nbsp;X'', says 22,000 (p. 519).</ref>
For the funeral on February{{nbsp}}27, loudspeakers were set up for the overflow crowd outside Harlem's thousand-seat Faith Temple of the [[Church of God in Christ]],<ref name="Rickford252">{{harvnb|Rickford|2003|p=252}}.</ref><ref>{{harvnb|DeCaro|1996|p=291}}.</ref> and a local television station carried the service live.<ref name="Times65-02-28">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/02/28/archives/harlem-is-quiet-as-crowds-watch-malcolm-x-rites-murdered-leader-of.html |title=Harlem Is Quiet as Crowds Watch Malcolm&nbsp;X Rites |access-date=June 19, 2018 |last=Arnold |first=Martin |date=February 28, 1965 |page=1 |newspaper=The New York Times |url-access=limited |archive-date=January 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108005321/https://www.nytimes.com/1965/02/28/archives/harlem-is-quiet-as-crowds-watch-malcolm-x-rites-murdered-leader-of.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Among the civil rights leaders attending were [[John Lewis]], [[Bayard Rustin]], [[James Forman]], [[James Farmer]], [[Jesse Gray]], and [[Andrew Young]].<ref name="Rickford252" /><ref>{{harvnb|DeCaro|1996|p=290}}.</ref> Actor and activist [[Ossie Davis]] delivered the eulogy, describing Malcolm&nbsp;X as "our shining Black prince{{nbsp}}... who didn't hesitate to die because he loved us so":

<blockquote>There are those who will consider it their duty, as friends of the Negro people, to tell us to revile him, to flee, even from the presence of his memory, to save ourselves by writing him out of the history of our turbulent times. Many will ask what Harlem finds to honor in this stormy, controversial and bold young captain{{mdashb}}and we will smile. Many will say turn away{{mdashb}}away from this man, for he is not a man but a demon, a monster, a subverter and an enemy of the Black man{{mdashb}}and we will smile. They will say that he is of hate{{mdashb}}a fanatic, a racist{{mdashb}}who can only bring evil to the cause for which you struggle! And we will answer and say to them: Did you ever talk to Brother Malcolm? Did you ever touch him, or have him smile at you? Did you ever really listen to him? Did he ever do a mean thing? Was he ever himself associated with violence or any public disturbance? For if you did you would know him. And if you knew him you would know why we must honor him.... And, in honoring him, we honor the best in ourselves.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://malcolmx.com/eulogy/ |title=Malcolm&nbsp;X's Eulogy |access-date=August 9, 2016 |publisher=The Official Website of Malcolm&nbsp;X |last=Davis |first=Ossie |author-link=Ossie Davis |date=February 27, 1965 |archive-date=July 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731185605/http://malcolmx.com/eulogy/ |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>

Malcolm&nbsp;X was buried at [[Ferncliff Cemetery]] in [[Hartsdale, New York]].<ref name="Times65-02-28" /> Friends took up the gravediggers' shovels to complete the burial on their own.<ref>{{harvnb|Rickford|2003|p=255}}.</ref>
[[File:GraveplaqueMalcolmX.jpg|thumb|Grave plaque for Malcolm X and his wife at Ferncliff Cemetery ]]
Actor and activist [[Ruby Dee]] and Juanita Poitier (wife of [[Sidney Poitier]]) established the Committee of Concerned Mothers to raise money for a home for his family and for his children's educations.<ref>{{harvnb|Rickford|2003|pp=261–262}}.</ref>