Handwritten letter by civil rights activist encouraging white Americans to stop racism on sale for $1.25 million

A fascinating handwritten letter penned by black civil rights activist Malcolm X written in 1964 encourages white Americans to stop racism.

The letter which has gone on sale for $1.25 million was found in a storage locker, printed on stationery with Arabic writing and had illustrations of historic sites.

It is being sold by Californian autograph and historic letter dealers 'Moments in Time.'

In it, Malcolm mused that if white Americans converted to Islam it may stop the rampant racism that was inflicted on African Americans in the 1960's.

He asserted that if white Americans converted to Islam, they 'could cease to measure others always in terms of their difference in color.'

He writes: 'Muslims [are] here of all colors and from every part of this earth. If white Americans could accept the religion of Islam . . . they, too, could then sincerely accept the Oneness of Men, and cease to measure others always in terms of their 'difference in color.'

'And with racism now plaguing America like an incurable cancer, all thinking Americans should be more respective to Islam as an already proven solution to the race problem.'

The long lost letter is being sold by Gary Zimet who told Dailymail.com it 'will be a fixed price sale- not an auction.'

Zimet told Page Six: 'It was found in a storage locker and almost thrown out. Only because the owner saw some Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez autographs was it saved.'

Its author, Malcolm X also known as el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist.

An FBI informant revealed that because he left the Nation of Islam, he became a target for assassination.

He survived an arson attack on his family home which was part of a plot to kill him.

On February 21, 1965, he was shot 15 times at close range at a speaking engagement in Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom. He was 39.

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