When the Word is Given...: A Report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim WorldLomax, Louis E.
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When the Word is Given...: A Report on Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and the Black Muslim World
Lomax, Louis E.
Black Muslims
I bear witness that Almighty God, ALLAH, is the Finder of the lost
sheep (American Negroes) and the Life-Giver to the dead. He, ALLAH,
is the only Saviour for the 20,000,000 so-called Negroes, who were
kidnaped by the white race and enslaved here in America.
Also, I bear witness that Messenger Elijah Muhammad has been taught
(raised) by this Great God of the Universe, the Architect of the
Universe, the Supreme Being Himself, ALLAH. And I bear witness that
Messenger Elijah Muhammad is in turn raising us from the dead today,
teaching us TRUTH, and raising us from the dead level of ignorance.
5. MALCOLM X AT QUEENS COLLEGE
Mr. Muhammad Speaks _is the official newspaper of the Black Muslim
movement. It is a highly charged, well-edited propaganda sheet of some
thirty-six pages. One recent edition carried the full text of a speech
Malcolm X delivered at Queens College in New York. More interesting
than the speech--at least I feel so--is the way the editors of the
paper led into the text. Here is a clear example of how Black Muslims
are informed about what their leaders are doing. The paper had a
circulation of over fifty thousand a year ago, and I suspect it has
all but doubled that now. The picture painted here is that of their
second-in-command, Malcolm X, issuing words of wisdom in the places of
higher learning. Of particular interest is the description of students
skipping class to question Malcolm._
_I was not at Queens College, but I have been with Malcolm--most of
the time to debate with him--at other universities. And I know this
scene to be valid. Whether people believe Malcolm X is one thing, but
there can be no doubt that they come in droves--particularly white
people--to hear him. And they always linger to ask questions._
New York Minister Malcolm X continued his series of successful
presentations of the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad in
Boston, St. Louis and New York, during the past few weeks.
On Tuesday, May 24th, Malcolm X spoke at the Boston Theological
Seminary in Boston, Mass. The prior week Malcolm X was heard by
several hundred St. Louis Negroes who jammed Carpenter’s Hall, where
Malcolm X said, “America must give Negroes full freedom or face
disaster.” Malcolm went on to say that complete and total separation
resulting in the Negro having a few states of his own is the only
solution to the so-called Negro problem.
Upwards of two hundred students [gathered] in room one hundred of
the Remsen Building at New York’s Queens College last month to hear
Minister Malcolm X, head of Muhammad Temple of Islam Number Seven,
defend the doctrine of Islam as taught by the Honorable Elijah
Muhammad.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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