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
Separation of black man, 22-23
advocated by Jesus, 193-94
does not mean being anti-white, 132, 181, 188-89
not mentioned in Akbar’s speech, 101
Old House will collapse, 137
a separate state, 90-92, 97, 137-48, 157-58, 175-78
usually objected to by orthodox, 71
Shabazz, Malcolm, _see_ Malcolm X
Shabazz, Tribe of, 115
Sharrieff, Raymond, 79, 95
after Muhammad’s death, 104-6
as head of The Fruit, 81
“Sheep,” 23
Shriners, 124
Silks and satins, 24, 211
sold by Fard, 47
“Slave” names, 30-31, 120-21, 163
Slavery
Christianity and, 38-42
Malcolm X’s discussion of, 137-39, 161-63, 208
Muhammad’s discussion of, 115-22
Smith, Pastor Kelly Miller, 88-89
Smoking, Malcolm X and, 58
Songhay, kingdom of, 38
Spottswood, Dr. Stephen Gill, 44
Supreme Court outlawing of segregation, 144-46, 200, 208
Susu people, 38
Takahashi, Major, 54
_Teachings of the Lost-Found Nation of Islam in a Mathematical
Way_, 51
“Teachings” in temples, 22-28
converts at, 30
“deaf, dumb, and blind” speech, 26-28
emotional effect of, 31
Fruit of Islam during, 21, 29
separate services for The Fruit, 81
warm-up for, 23-24, 110
Temple Number Two (Chicago), organized, 52
Temple Number Seven (New York)
Hinton incident at, 32-34
Malcolm X as minister of, 20, 94
restaurant of, 20
Temples of Islam, 19-33
first (Fard’s), 48, 50-51
generally rented halls, 20
music in, 21-22
Persian Moslems refused entry to, 66-67
restaurants of, 19-20, 79
searching of visitors to, 20
seating arrangements in, 20-21
services in, _see_ “Teachings” in temples
“That’s right,” 21
Theology, _see_ Christianity; Religion
Thomas J., Minister, 100
Tillich, Paul, 17
_Thresher_ (submarine), 206
Toynbee, Arnold, 90
Universities of Islam, 82-84
founded by Fard, 51
local authorities and, 54, 82
“University Speech” of Malcolm X, 70, 159-71
Van Loon’s _Story of Mankind_, 50
Violence not preached by Black Muslims, 203-4
Wallace, Mike, 70
Washington, D.C.
Malcolm X as minister in, 94
Muhammad’s speech in, 23
White, William, 43
“White Man’s Heaven Is the Black Man’s Hell, The,” 21
White men
Akbar Muhammad on, 100-1
created by Yakub, 63-64, 71
as devils
Elijah Muhammad on, 55, 125-26
Malcolm X on, 19, 24-25, 62-63, 68-69, 76-77, 199-200
teaching condemned by orthodox, 71
Fard’s teachings on, 49, 50-51
by nature evil, 22, 63, 64
responsible for crime, 27, 152
to be destroyed, 55, 65-66, 126, 148, 204-6
_See also_ Separation of black man
Wilkins, Roy, 96, 97
Williamsburg, Va., Negro Baptist church in, 43
“Wolves,” 23
Women in Black Muslim movement, 81
separated from men in temple, 20-21
_See also_ Girls in Black Muslim movement
Woodrow, Minister, 100
“Word,” the, 31, 79, 201
_See also_ Armageddon, Battle of
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