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
Muhammad, Elijah
arrests of
draft registration, 54-55
University children, 54
“Atlanta Speech” of, 71, 109-29
becomes Chief Minister, 52
Birmingham crisis and, 86
Fard and, 52-54
goes to Chicago, 52-54
Malcolm X and, _see_ Malcolm X
manner of preaching of, 55
as Messenger of Allah, 54, 70, 132, 133, 135, 166, 169-71
as last Messenger, 111, 129
promised in Old Testament, 165
in Phoenix, 94-95
pilgrimage to Mecca of, 69-73, 142-43
probable successor to, 104-6
teaching of, 110-29
Allah, 113, 123-25
black men should become fearless, 111, 120, 122
Christianity, 121-24
former criminals, 18
history of black man, 113-18
Japanese in World War II, 54, 55
knowledge of self, 18, 50, 116-17
separate state, 91
white man, 55, 125-28
why Islam has not made progress, 113
Yakub, 63-65
Muhammad, Elijah, Jr., 94, 99
as businessman, 79
Muhammad, Wallace, 106
Music in temples, 21-22
Muslim Brotherhood USA, 69
Muslim Girls Training Class, The, 81-82
established by Fard, 51
Muslims, _see_ Black Muslim movement; Moslems
NAACP, 44, 99, 144, 173
sponsors debates with Malcolm X, 179-80
Nashville, Tenn., sit-ins in, 88-89
Nation of Islam, _see_ Black Muslim movement
“Negro”
Malcolm X’s discussion of, 162-63
Muhammad’s discussion of, 115-16
Negro Revolt
Akbar Muhammad’s speech and, 99-103
belief that it will fail, 92, 96, 207-9
1963 Birmingham crisis, 85-87, 90
Malcolm X’s speech for, 149-58
value of Black Muslims to, 87
Negroes
in Africa
languages, 36, 37
matrilineal society, 37
political institutions, 36-37
religion, 37-39
Americanization of, 39-40
“do not desire integration,” 190-91
history of, 67-68
taught in University of Islam, 83-84
“inferiority” of, 44-45, 59
intermarriage of, 156, 178, 191, 198-99
Japanese proselytization of, 55
political apathy of, 180, 187-88, 190-91
religion of, 40-47
“clergy-politician leadership,” 191
Negro churches founded, 43-44
on plantations, 41-42
theology of desegregation, 87-90
theology of Negro church, 45-46
slavery of
Christianity and, 38-42
Malcolm X’s discussion of, 137-39, 161-63, 208
Muhammad’s discussion of, 115-22
New York City
Akbar Muhammad’s speech in, 98-103
Black Muslim rallies in, 62-63, 98-103
Malcolm X at Queens College, 172-78
Malcolm X in underworld of, 57-58
Negro churches organized in, 44
Temple Number Seven
Hinton incident, 32-34
restaurant, 20
Nonviolence
Malcolm X on, 203-4
_See also_ King, Martin Luther
Norris, Frank, 50
Number of Black Muslims, 18
Omaha, Nebr., 56
Paradise of Allah, 167
Paul, Rev. Thomas, 44
Pendulum of clock invented by Negro, 68
Petersburg, Va., Negro Baptist church organized in, 43
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