Did he advocate racial separation?

When he was in the Nation of Islam, yes. After he left, no. When he went on a pilgrimage to Mecca he claimed that his views on race had changed. He also argued the following: "If white Americans would accept the religion of Islam, if they would accept the Oneness of Allah, then they could also sincerely accept the Oneness of Man, and they would cease to measure others always in terms of their differences in color. . . I do believe that whites of the younger generation, in the colleges and universities, through their own young, less hampered intellect, will see the 'handwriting on the wall' and turn for spiritual salvation to the religion of Islam and force the older generation of American whites to turn with them."