Jurors Admit Trial Unjust! 9-13-1963

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By ELIJAH M U H A M M A D Six jurors of the original twelve who acted as judges for justice on the charges made against m y followers i n volving the attack upon them by the Los Angeles Police Department on A p r i l 27, 1962, thought the judge's decision to be unjust and against their wishes, as they had agreed that the M u s l i m s had already received enough punishment regardless to whatever the charges the Police Department had against t h e m : one killed outright, one paralyzed for life and the others wounded f r o m the vicious, savage, outrageous attack upon the Mosque and the Muslims i n i t on that fateful night of A p r i l 27, 1962.

These officers, who were members of the Caucasian race, have never i n the past been able to see their w a y in accepting Allah and His religion of entire submission (Islam) to His w i l l . This is because of their nature i n not being made Divine m e m bers of the Divine family i n the first place.

They are of the nature i n which they were made: opposed to the Divine Supreme Being and His representaMr. Muhammad tives, which is acting according to their very nature. I do not charge them w i t h being other than themselves i n their attack upon us.

But I would like that m y people see the white race as they a r e ; 100 percent devils, haters of t r u t h (Divine t r u t h ) and of the original people of the earth (Black N a tion). Because without this knowledge of ourselves (the

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P E R M A N E N T L Y C R I P P L E D b y a p o l i c e m a n ' s b u l l e t . W i l l i a m R o g e r s s h o w s his brother, Robert, h o w he fell when he w a s shot d o w n b y a Los A n g e l e s c o p . The Rogers brothers w e r e a m o n g innocent Muslims c o n v i c t e d a n d sentenced i n t h e Los A n g e l e s " F r a m e - U p " t r i a l i n w h i c h s i x j u r o r s h o v e n o w a d m i t t e d t h e y d i d not think justice was done.

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By A k b a r M u h a m m a d (Muhammad Speaks Correspondent) CAIRO, E g y p t — The " n e w b r o o m " of revolutionary A f r i c a continues i t s housecleaning — not only of white supremists — but of " U n c l e T o m " collaborators and black puppets of European i m p e r i a l i s t s .

Only this explains the belated ouster of Abbe F u l b e r t of black Africans i n A n - bly, Alfonse M a s i m a Deeba, a m a n Youlou once deposed, Youlou (pro- gola. nounced yooAlthough i t appeared that is i n t e r i m President. loo) f r o m his the straw w h i c h started the One of his f i r s t acts was post as the broom sweeping was Y o u - the announcement that the f i r s t P r e s i - lou's demand f o r a one-party new government stands bei d e n t o f system, labor leaders who hind the Charter of the O r F r e n c h - led the revolt declared this ganization of A f r i c a n States, d o m i n a t - was not the case. formulated i n Addis Ababa. ed Congo This means a break w i t h " W E W E R E NOT opposed P o r t u g a l .

CORE Leader's Charge; ( Br azzaI v i l l e ) by theto a single political p a r t y , " As f o r Youlou, who owns recent labor said A i m e M a t s i k a , deputy property i n France and Switsecretary general of the Gen• 4i«yhamin«l union-led r e Akbo zerland, he is being detained volt w h i c h eral A f r i c a n Confederation by the A r m y as a suspect of L a b o r . forced h i m to free a l l p o l i t i " W e were opposed to thein the embezzlement of fimds c a l prisoners and to 'resign' kind of p a r t y Youlou had i n amounting to millions. f r o m office.

KANSAS C I T Y , M o . — A national c i v i l rights leader m i n d . We w a n t a single p a r t y Abbe Youlou, who studied here charged that the F B I refused even to go into a Southin w h i c h a u n i t e d labor h a r d to become a Catholic ern town where Negro demonstrators were subjected to movement has a m a j o r priest, apparently h a d not fiendish b r u t a l i t y . voice. Youlou wants a p a r t y studied the aspirations a n d rvui b y himself and some old James F a r m e r , national tered. Then the police took t i m b r e of h i s A f r i c a n compoliticians." director of CORE, speaking the electric rods and burst patriots — f o r among the here on the the blisters.

Reports here substantiate c r i m e s placed at his doorstep topic, " W h y the fact that after s u b m i t t i n g F a r m e r , who said he h a d were: the Negro lived i n the South most of his resignation, the five-foot, 1. Collaboration w i t h the 46-year-old priest telephoned Has Taken to his life and " h a t e d every moenemies a n d eventual as- F r e n c h President Charles B R O O K L Y N , N . Y . — The the Streets," ment of segregation," spoke' sassins of the late i m m o r - deGaulIe and said something late Marcus Garvey was said that d u r - here a t T r i n i t y Methodist t a l Patrice L u m u m b a . ing the height Church j u s t a day before f l y l i k e : " P a p a , I have r e - paid t r i b u t e a t a b i r t h d a y 2. Supporting the i m p e - signed." celebration banquet here im* of. police b r u - ing into Plaquemine, L a . , rialists of the Congo (Leotality against where he, along w i t h 16 dem" P a p a , " however, d i d notder the sponsorship of the poiavuie) Kat3"»'<» j j v - send troops i n to help h i m .

Brooklyn i m i t of the U n i v e r Negroes i n onstrators, was arrested f o r ince. sal Negro I m p r o v e m e n t AsG a d s d e n , protesting segregation i n the M E A N W H I L E , the f o r m e r sociation, the organization 3. Supporting Portugal's Ala. — where Bayou area. butchery a n d domination head of the N a t i o n a l Assem- founded by Garvey,.to beneDixie police Farmer fit the Marcus Garvey E d u attacked N e cational Foundation. gro demonstrators w i t h elecThe list of guest speakers t r i c cattle rods and nightincluded two A f r i c a n women, sticks — the F B I would not M r s . Gladys Dickson, wife of go into the town to investithe c h a i r m a n of the Ghana gate.

Supply • Commission, and " I saw the scars on t h e i r !

M r s . M a r y Harden U m o l u , bodies," F a r m e r said. He I who is employed i n Nigeria's declared that some of the radio and television indus- Negroes were chased bareNEW Y O R K — The newlytries. footed through the streets f o r m e d National Committee Other speakers were Leon- u n t i l their feet w e r e blis- for a Freedom N o w P a r t y ard Fraser, president of the moved ahead for its plans to • Angolan Refugee Rescue enter the national elections Committee and U . N . I . A . in 1964 w i t h an all-Negro member, and Cleophas T . slate despite rumbles of opJacobs, J r . , second vice position. president, Brooklyn unit, Conrad J . L y n n , veteran U . N . I . A . The master of cerc i v i l rights attorney and act[ emonies was A. L . C r a w f o r d , ing c h a i r m a n of the organi: president of the local unit. zation, said the new p a r t y ' s i Speakers pointed out that p r i m a r y a i m " w i l l be to elect the U . N . I . A . has advocated JACKSON, Miss. — I n this Negroes to both houses of equal rights f o r black people' city, where NAACP F i e l d Congress and to state and l o and taught t h e m their A f r i - Secretary Medgar Evers was cal offices."

UNITY IN THE S O U T H — J e r e m i a h S h a b o z z . M u h a m m a d can Jieritage during the early assassinated f r o m ambush He added that "supporters the city council here voted to of the Freedom N o w P a r t y Speaks correspondent, greets the famous Lena Home a t the1920s. spend $13,720 to purchase the feel strongly that i t w i l l also home of Dr. Harvey Smith, prominent dentist of Atlanta, Go., M U H A M M A D SPEAKS so-called " r i o t control w a g - serve to register a strong during a social affair given in her honor. Miss Home has been o n , " an a r m o r e d vehicle. active in the Negro's struggle- for equol rights.

Pdblished Bi-Weekly protest vote by Negroes who The chassis alone w i l l cost now have nowhere to go poSept. 13,1963 $3,905. The special equip- l i t i c a l l y .

Federal Parliament by Dr. Kalu Vol. 2, No. 26 Urges Name S w / f c h ; Ezera, majority member. ment i n the c a r w i l l cost an " W h y should Negroes regSonghai for Nigeria additional $10,625.

Such a name, said the deputy, ister to vote — a t the risk of Pubrishtd by LAGOS, Nigeria (ANP) — Awould he of a nature to exalt Other Southern cities, d e a t h — when the only proposal that Nigeria, after hav- the African pride In evoking the Muhammad's Mosque No. 2 anxious to crush the Negro's 'choice' on the ballot is a ing adopted a republican consti- Image of former grandeur. He 634 East 79th St., Chicago 19. ill. d r i v e f o r equality a n d jus- James O. Eastland (Senator tution, change its name and here- said that Songhai was, before ABerdeen 4-8622-23 Mississippi) or a tice, a r e watching the move f r o m inafter he called "Songhai" was Ghana and Mali, one of the largof the Jackson Police D e - George C. Wallace (GovernSUBSCRIPTION RATES: made here in a speech before the est empires of West Africa.

1 Year (Miiiuei) $S.20 or of A l a b a m a ) ? " he asked. p a r t m e n t w i t h interest.

2 Year, (52 l<,ue>) $10.00

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LOS A N G E L E S — So blatant and shocking was the injustice done to 14 innocent M u s l i m s brought to t r i a l after being subjected to i n h u m a n police b r u t a l i t y that half the j u r y which allegedly brought back " g u i l t y " verdicts against them have now denounced this decision and told Judge D a v i d Coleman i n a signed letter that they did not believe justice was done.

Thus the fantastic and the convictions of 10 Muscruel conviction of 10 young l i m s who had been v i c t i m s Negroes here of a bloody police shooting which had spree i n which seven s h o c k e d world opin- a r m e d M u s l i m s were shot, ion and h a done k i l l e d and another perbeen branded manently paralyzed, as t h e b i g - aroused a s t o r m of protest g e s t " m a s s - across A m e r i c a and i n forframe - u p " i n h i s t o r y eign countries.

One of the women who brought forth this unprece- signed the letter asserted FOUR of the Innocent victims of "storm was permanently paralyzed by police bullets. that on t w o different occa- trooper" police brutality in Los Angeies who Standing from left: Arthur Coleman; Robert Judge Coleman dented " r e - sions a police officer, i n the were later convicted ond sentenced while Rogers: a Brother assigned t o attend William v o l t " among even those j u r o r s who h a dpresence of the j u r y , ques- their attackers went free ore shown in this Rogers, and Roosevelt Walker. succumbed to the menacing tioned the honesty of Ne- picture. Seated front is William Rogers, who pressures brought by prose- groes. One such statement, cuting attorneys and c i t y she said, was made while officials to get a conviction the j u r y deliberations were underway. " a t a l l cost".

The six also pleaded w i t h I n a letter to Judge D a v i d the judge to give as light Coleman, who presided over the record 51-day t r i a l w h i c h sentences as possible to the was conducted under lynch- 10 who were convicted.

The six j u r o r s , three regulike " s t o r m t r o o p e r " condilar members of the j u r y , two tions, the j u r o r s spoke of " p r e s s u r e . " "confusion," alternates and one who beBy J O H N SHABAZZ " w r o n g decisions," and " i n - came i l l during the t r i a l and was replaced, met p r i v a t e l y tolerance."

LOS A N G E L E S — B y now, a l l the black people i n A m e r i c a know that the M u s l i m s The t r i a l , climaxed w i t h in this city were v i c t i m s of the worst frame-up i n the history of A m e r i c a n courts.

(Continued to Page 21) I t was obvious to those who attended the t r i a l — and first started, one of the most even to those famous lawyers i n the coimwho o n l y t r y — who handles cases i n read about i t volving top celebrities and in the racist usually knows just about white press— everything that Is going on that not even w i t h the courts — w a r n e d a feeble a t - me that we were " p l a y i n g t e m p t was against a stacked d e c k . " He being made s t a t e d unequivocally that to give jus- when the j u r y selection was tice to the 14completed, not one Negro innocent v i c- would be on the j u r y . He was t i m s of po- correct.

I t was obvious to most lice clubs that there were shenanigans and bullets.

B u t nobody expected the going on. A year before the corrupt police system of t r i a l , when the grand j u r y Los Angeles to be exposed indicted us, the secretary of in such a d r a m a t i c fashion the grand j u r y i m m e d i a t e l y as i t was when newscaster resigned.

None of us expected a f a i r BURLY POLICEMEN t h r o w "protective" not think justice was done." Jury was always John H a r t revealed that six t r i a l . Some of those conscreen around a l l white jurors a t Muslims' in the escort and influence o f preselected of the j u r o r s had indicated victed were found guilty of foul play during the t r i a l .

"Moss Frame-Up" trial as court took a recess. white bailiffs.

WHEN JURY selection Six of those jurors now state that "they do (Continued to Page 21)

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No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of ffie continent, a part of the main . . .

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know far wham the bell tolls; it tolls far thee . . .

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R O A N O K E , V a . ~ While they were b u r y i n g i n v i r t u a l a n o n y m i t y here the remains of Capt. Lawrence E . Hackley, nine-year A r m y veteran

who was ambushed deep i n Holt, a 23-year-old Negro the South Viet N a m jungles a i r m a n who l e d a demon7,000 miles away, w h i t e stration i n D a n v i l l e against " s o l d i e r s " of V i r g i n i a ' s segregation as he wore h i s m i g h t y police force were u n i f o r m and as he held h i g h " b u r y i n g " dozens of Negro the A m e r i c a n f l a g . c i v i l rights demonstrators Holt, who said he h a d inside Danville's crowded never m e t Captain Hackley, jail. also c a r r i e d a sign r e a d i n g : " I a m prepared to give m y The f u n e r a l rites for Hackley d i d not c l a r i f y whatever life f o r the United States to he was fighting f o r so f a r defend the rights of her f r o m his segregated home- citizens. town of Roanoke, but i t was " B u t I must ask this n a clear i n D a n v i l l e that the po- tion i f A m e r i c a is prepared lice were m a k i n g a b r u t a l , to defend m y r i g h t s as a n s t o r m troop-type effort to A m e r i c a n c i t i z e n . " s t a m p out equal r i g h t s I F P f c . Holt received a n demonstrations. answer, i t has not been r e Captain Hackley, 29, h a dported. B u t he was t h r o w n been i n Viet N a m since into j a i l along w i t h other F e b r u a r y and never l i v e d to demonstrators, and his a r see the day i n his home state rest only led to his r e p r i when a Negro could live i n m a n d f o r " d a r i n g to demonfreedom o r obtain decent s t r a t e " i n his A r m y u n i f o r m . employment i n the m a j o r Meanwhile, the parents of industries of his town of Captain Hackley a n d the Roanoke. remnants of his f a m i l y , who A N D E V E N while his body s t i l l live i n Roanoke, V a . , WHILE THIS Virginian. Capt. was being shipped to Roa- maintained a tight-lipped, Lawrence E. Hackley, was d y noke, another Negro soldier fearful silence on their a n - ing for "freedom." another was being held i n a D a n v i l l e guish over the death of the Virginian, Pfc. Buford Holt j a i l f o r demonstrating to ob- A r m y officer — who died so was being held in jail for fightt a i n some measure of " f r e e - far f r o m the real-life b a t t l e - ing t o obtain freedom 7,000 d o m and d e m o c r a c y . " field of freedom, his o w nmiles away, in Hockley's home state.

He w a s P f c . B n f o r d G. b a c k y a r d .

THIS VIRGINIAN, finger on shotgun trigger, stood in Donvilte, Va., only 50 miles from where they were burying Copt.

Hackley. His aim: more "freed o m " for white supremacy, i n (Continued from page 3) held f o r M a r t i n L u t h e r K i n g iff. N a t u r a l l y I could not put deliberation by saying, " M y Hmldotlon of Negro civil rights God is not their God, so I impossible things — such as m i d w a y through the t r i a l , any stock i n his w o r d be- don't believe t h e m . Let's ddiiMistrators. c o m m i t t i n g t w o crimes a t the judge was sitting r i g h t cause of his position. He convict these Niggers and H o u s i n g L a w Is W e a k two different places a t the down front where he could was a bailiff just like a l l the go h o m e . " baliffs that were H A R T F O R D , Conn.—With same t i m e . A n d t w o of the be r e a d i l y seen. Another white expressed reluctance and rew a y of telling the black comthere, but his j o b was convicted were not accused Victims gret, the governor of Connecm i m i t y "some of m y best l i m i t e d exclusively to hanin any testimony b y any ticut signed into law a weakfriends etc., e t c . " dling the black people — the ened a n t i - j i m crow housing witness of h a v i n g c o m m i t t e d any act. measure.

B U T T H E effects of Judge same j o b that Negro over" I w i s h m y original b i l l But there is no need to r e - Coleman's antics were des- seers have had since p l a n t a had passed," Gov. John N . t r y the case i n this a r t i c l e . troyed when he p e r m i t t e d tion days.

Dempsey said to a delega- The injustice became so ob- the press section of the FURTHERMORE, e v e r y tion of labor officials a n d vious, even before the com- c o u r t r o o m to be continually l a w y e r I discussed i t w i t h , leaders of the N A A C P . " Y o u pletion of the t r i a l , that the filled w i t h plainclothes po- and one Negro judge, have keep w o r k i n g and i t w i l l . " daily tension i n the packed licemen instead of reporters all assured m e that the The b i l l , w h i c h goes into c o u r t r o o m was almost suffo- — and when he p e r m i t t e d judge is the absolute ruler effect Oct. 1, prohibits discating. I t was so tense, i n his chambers to be filled of the courtroom over w h i c h c r i m i n a t i o n i n the sale of a l l with helmeted a n d i m i - he presides. No one is perhousing a n d bans j i m crow fact, that Judge D a v i d Cole- f o r m e d troops a r m e d w i t h mitted i n a courtroom withi n the r e n t a l of a l l housing m a n was forced to do as r i o t giuis and tear gas. out his consent, n o r are m u c h politicking as he except owner-occupied, t w o there any practices c a r r i e d He also d i d n ' t w i n a n y could. f a m i l y dwellings. friends b y p e r m i t t i n g the out without his f u l l p e r m i s The governor's original ON T H E D A Y that Leslie c o u r t r o o m to be filled w i t h sion.

I measure b a r r e d bias i n the Shaw was installed as the b l a c k j a c k police, kid-gloveNewscaster Hart ended sale and r e n t a l of a l l housing first Negro postmaster of a wine deputies each t i m e the his report by stating that units w i t h o u t exception. m a j o r c i t y . Judge Coleman j u r y was called out of the m u c h of what has happened not only recessed the court deliberating r o o m . I was as- d u r i n g the t r i a l was y e t to IN CINCINNATI, OHIO for his inauguration, b u t sured b y " B i g John Buck- be told. One thing that is yet VISIT M U H A M M A D ' S went to great lengths to tell n e r " that the judge h a d no to be told is w h i c h of the WIDOWED mother and fcrththe c o u r t r o o m f u l l of black control over the a m o i m t of bailiffs was quoted b y a erless baby, wife and child of MOSQUE NO. 5 people how M r . Shaw was so-called security that w a s j u r o r as questioning the hon- murdered Ronald Stokes, are 3507 READING ROAD 2nd fir. used. That was, he said, left esty of Negroes, and w h i c h the real victims of Los Angeles Everr Wednesday and Friday at 8:00 P.M. a "good f r i e n d " of his.

Sundays at 2d)0 P.M. A t the Civil Rights R a l l y , to the discretion of the sher- one of the j u r o r s opened the police brutality.

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Bois declared: " W e c l a i m author of the recent " A n d for ourselves every right nounced " w i t h deep r e g ^ " Then We Heard The Thunby the governrnfint-'or Ghathat belongs to a freeborn na, where he had lived since d e r , " was interviewed before A m e r i c a n — political, c i v i l 1960, becoming a citizen of he addressed a symposium and social — and i m t i l we Ghana this year. He h a d on Negro w r i t e r s sponsored get those rights we w i l l been officially listed i n here by A m i s t a d Society, a group of leading scholars never cease to protest and "Who's W h o " longer than and historians. assail the ears of A m e r i c a any A m e r i c a n .

He said that he would have By contrast, news of his w i t h the story of its shamepreferred that r a t h e r than death caused h a r d l y a ripple ful deeds t o w a r d u s . " place such emphasis on nonFifty-eight years later, i n in the United States, where violence, Civil Rights Lead1963, after a lifetime i n thehe was one of the original er M a r t i n Luther K i n g had forefront of the black man's founders of the National Asput more emphasis on selfstruggle for freedom. D r . D u - sociation f o r the Advancedefense.

Bois, at 95 years of age, died ment of Colored People and " I F M A R T I N Luther King just five days before the where for years he had been had said ' I ' l l be non-violent great c i v i l rights demonstra- singled out by the white press for attack and v i l i f i c a as long as you are,' i t would tion i n Washington. tion because of his advocacy have been more effective," The noted scholar, h u m a n of socialism.

Killens asserted. i t a r i a n , historian, pioneer " T h e r e is absolutely no fighter f o r equal justice and parallel i n the Negro and his THE NEGRO'S FIGHT for equal rights was topic of these founder of P a n A f r i c a n i s m , fight and Ghandi and I n d i a ' s \ members of the militant intelligentsia at a press conference died i n Accra, Ghana, while H e a d s C O R E I n N . Y . f i g h t f o r independence. preceeding a discussion in which leading Negro authors and w o r k i n g on s t i l l another p r o j - The President of the New Among other things, w e ' r e , editors tcriked of "The Black Writer in an Era of Struggle." ect — an Encyclopedia A f - Y o r k chapter of CORE i f fighting f o r the right of self- Author John O. Killens (left) and editor John H . Clarke (right) ricana — w h i c h , when com- Gladys H a r r i n g t o n . Arnolc defense—-to react i n the w a y flew t o Chicogo from New York for the Amistad meeting, pleted, w i l l provide the first Goldwag is w i t h the Brook men are supposed to r e a c t , " Mrs. Clarke (center) is a New York Public School teacher. definitive history of A f r i c a , lyn chapter of CORE. he pointed out. \ Commenting on the waste; tell the w o r l d about the r i c h O N N A T I O N W I D E R A D I O ! resulting f r o m a loss of t a l - heritage of A f r i c a n civilizaented Negroes who are tion.

THE H O N O R A B L E E L I J A H blocked f r o m most avenues He said that i n an era of of g r o w t h , Killens declared: struggle, i t was the responsi" W E H A V E N ' T learned to i ^ i l i t y of the black w r i t e r to live on this planet, and yet I expose the lies and explode the government spends b i l - j the m y t h s about persons of Mightier Than The Sword!

A Message of Truth lions and billions of dollars, A f r i c a n ' ^ c e n t" and assist and much t i m e , energy and the Negro p ;ople i n developTIME AREA STATION DIAL. KC DAY talent to reach the moon. I ing a new sense of self-es- L I S T E N t o teem and dignity.

5:30 P.M. ATLANTA — G R I F F I N . G A WERD 860 SUN. count i t an absolute waste.

3:00 P.M. ATLANTIC CITY — V I N E L A N D , N. J WDVL 1270 SUN. Also appearing i n a panel Why not a massive p r o g r a m AUGUSTA, G A . — C O L U M B I A . S.C WAUG 1050 SUN. I 1:00 A.M. to straighten out the r a c i a l | discussion were A f r i c a n poet M r .

BALTIMORE, MD WSID 1010 SUN. 12:30 P.M. Obi W a l l , a P h . D . candidate 9:30 P.M. BIRMINGHAM. A L A XERF 1570 SUN. situation here on e a r t h ? " CAMDEN. N. J WEEZ 1590 SUN. 10:00 P.M. " F r e e d o m w a y s " magazine at Northwestern university; 6:30 A.M. C H A T T A N O O G A , TENN ,..WNOO 1250 SUN. editor John H . Clarke, de- and Hoyt F u l l e r of Negro d i - M U H A M M A D 6:30 A.M. C H I C A G O — E V A N S T O N . ILL WEBH-FM 93.9 SUN. claring " t h e r i g h t to self-de- gest. Panel moderator was 9:30 P.M. DALLAS. TEXAS XERF 1570 SUN. Lerone Bennett, senior editor fense is basic to a l l t h i n g s , " 9:30 P.M. HOUSTON, TEXAS XERF 1570 SUN. of Ebony magazine and a u 9:30 P.M. J A C K S O N . MISS XERF 1570 SUN. said he believes i n keeping E v e r y W e e k 9:30 P.M. KANSAS CITY, MO. ; XERF 1570 SUN. the other fellow non-violent, thor of the recent bestseller, 9:30 P.M. LITTLE ROCK, ARK • XERF 1570 SUN. "Before the M a y f l o w e r : A too.

7:30 P.M. LOS ANGELES, C A L I F ..KAPP-FM 93.5 SUN. "We've been conned a l l History of the Ne g r o i n 1:00 P.M. MIAMI — F T . LAUDERDALE. FLA .WFAB 990 SUN. On the Radio 6:30 A.M. MIAMI—FT. LAUDERDALE. FLA WMIE 1140 SUN. these years into believing A m e r i c a . " 9^30 P.M. MONROE, LA XERF 1570 SUN. this is a f a m i l y affair, w i t h 9:30 P.M. NASHVILLE, TENN XERF 1570 SUN. Negroes and whites shoulder J F K v s D r o p o u t R i s e 9:30 P.M. NEW ORLEANS, LA XERF 1570 SUN. S t a t i o n to shoulder fighting f o r the .

6:30 P.M. W A S H I N G T O N , D.C. — NEW YORK. N. Y. — NEWARK. N. J WBNX I3B0 SUN. same goals," said Clarke. T e r m i n g the rising number 9:30 P.M. NEW YORK. N.Y. — N E W A R K , N. J WWRL 1506 FRI. 9:30 P.M. O K L A H O M A CITY, OKLA XERF 1570 SUN. " N o one can free the Negro of school dropouts " a serious PHILADELPHIA, PA. — C H E S T E R . PA WEEZ 1590 SUN. 10:00 P.M. but h i m s e l f . " national p r o b l e m , " Presi- I n Y o u r A r e a PHOENIX, ARIZ KWBX 1440 SUN. 10:30 A.M. 5:00 P.M. C L A R K E , who recently ed- j dent Kennedy has allocated RICHMOND—PETERSBURG. VA WANT 990 SUN. 9:30 P.M. SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS XERF 1570 SUN. Ited an issue of " F r e e d o m - $248,612 in P r e s i d e n8:00 P.M. SAN F R A N C I S C O — O A K L A N D . C A L F KSAN 1450 SUN. w a y s " devoted entirely to ar- j t i a l Emergency Funds to L i s t e d 9:30 P.M. ST. LOUIS, MO XERF 1570 SUN. t i d e s about H a r l e m , the first i help 48 cities i n campaigns TUSCALOOSA. A L A XERF 1570 SUN. 10:30 P.M. such issue of any magazine' to persuade young people to 9:30 P.M. TYLER. TEXAS XERF 1570 SUN. 4:45 P.M. in 38 years, urged w r i t e r s to r e t u r n to school this f a l l .

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As head of the Philadelphia Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Atty. Cecil B. Moore spearheaded the battle in the "City of Brotherly Love" against Jim Crow practices of the building trades unions.

The Aggressive Atty. Moore does not hesitate to explore avenues he believes will ftelp the Negro crash through years of servitude.

Interviewed by Muhammad Speaks Correspondent Jeremiah Shabazz, the Philadelphia lawyer gave the following answers to questions concerning the problems and progress of

Atty. Moore

the Negro.

B y Jeremiah S h a b a z z ( M u h a m m a d Speaks Correspondent) Q U E S T I O N : What is your position on the statement of Whitney M . Young of the N a tional U r b a n League that Negroes should receive " r e p a r a t i o n s " or " i n d e m n i f i c a t i o n " for the economic injustices heaped on t h e m d u r i n g slavery and since?

A N S W E R : I agree w i t h indemnifieatton or payments b y any other name because the white m a n must compensate ns for 400 years of injustice but I cannot go along w i t h Whitney Young. He i s not a m i l i t a n t . He and his organization a r e too passive. T h e U r b a n League does not demonstrate.

Q U E S T I O N : What is your present p r o j ect?

A N S W E R : I a m presently advocating a buyers' strike b u t not against some l i t t l e merchant at a corner store. What I a m advocating is a national boycott against the real owners — the DuPonts, General Motors, U.S. Steel, M M M Company and others. Take B i r m i n g h a m . T h a t town exists on steel. A l l we have to do is boycott U.S. Steel a n d they would force a c i t y l i k e B i r m i n g h a m t o give the Negroes anything they w a n t .

Q U E S T I O N : Do yon tiiink y o u ' l l get other Negro leaders to cooperate w i t h you i n this boycott?

A N S W E R : I don't care I f none of t h e m agree to i t .

I a m b i t t e r l y opposed to the black bourgeoise. Doctors and dentists have made the least contribution to the struggle. We can have no more of this isolation and insulation in w h i c h the black bourgeoise moved completely away f r o m their own people — the people who helped t h e m amass their fortunes.

The aristocratic Negro here i n Philadelphia, as elsewhere, is not w i t h the movement but is being forced to come into i t now because he has no place to go. There can be no more " g r a y l i n e s . " You're either black or you're w h i t e . r

Q U E S T I O N : Since the success of your reproject, what is your next project? . i N S W E R : M y p r o g r a m is f i r s t , last and

always — jobs, jobs and more jobs f o r Negroes.

Q U E S T I O N : Do y o u think the Southern Negro is worse off than his N o r t h e r n brother?

A N S W E R : No. There i n the South he is forced to do something f o r himself and this has helped the Southern Negro to be more self-sufficient. This is not to say that I condone the t r e a t m e n t meted out to m y people there.

Q U E S T I O N : What is your opinion of the Southern voter r e g i s t r a t i o n drive?

A N S W E R : F r a n k l y , I don't think m u c h of i t . I f they get the votes, they cannot vote for one of their own as a candidate. I don't think that Negroes should be asked to vote for either a segregationist o r a segregationist moderate.

Q U E S T I O N : Should there be some sort of new legislation to force such areas as M i s sissippi to give the Negro the r i g h t to register and vote?

A N S W E R : The present voter registration campaign Is much too slow and i t w i l l not solve the problems we face. The government must enact new legislation to help Negroes.

H O W E V E R , I prefer the mass boycott and demonstrations. As anyone knows, our greatest roadblock is not the Southern white m a n but the N o r t h e r n white m a n who controls h i m .

We see a l l the powerful committees on the Senate and the House are controlled by Southerners. But we know the committees they represent also support the b i g indust r i a l Interests controlled by the r i c h N o r t h e r n white m a n .

A l l the N o r t h e r n w h i t e m a n has to do is tell the Southerner what to do and he w i l l be forced to do i t .

Q U E S T I O N : What is your opinion of the Freedom M a r c h on Washington, D . C ?

A N S W E R : I support i t but I s t i l l m a i n t a i n that there a r e more effective ways of dealing w i t h the w h i t e m a n than w a l k i n g down to Washington, D.C. The buyer's strike that I a m advocating would be one more effective w a y of getting economic justice for Negroes.

The white m a n should be made to give

Negro Jobless Rote on Rise Year by Year N E W Y O R K — The unemThe U . S. Department of ployment rate among Ne- Labor's Bureau of Labor Stagroes, p r i m a r U y due to r a -tistics report observed that cial d i s c r i m i n a t i o n , is get- " I n the early postwar period ting worse every year, as (1947-49) the non-white u n compared to white workers. employment rate averaged

about 60 per cent higher than for white workers, whereas in each year f r o m 1954 through 1962, It was consistently twice as high. " M o r e o v e r , since 1955, job-

Negroes fought for jobs in Philodeiphia in on assault on Jim Crow in building trades unions directed by A t t y . Cecil B. Moore. This is a bloody picket who refused to give ground to cops' Bying wedge. us a l l the jobs that we are asking f o r and i f we cannot qualify then they should t r a i n us until we can do the jobs. The Negro must have the r i g h t to earn money the same as the white m a n .

Q U E S T I O N : D o you agree w i t h the N a tional Education Association that the Federal Government should finance the education of a l l the Negroes who are qualified f o r but unable to attend college?

A N S W E R : I t is the d u t y of the F e d e r a l Government to provide free education f o r a l l of the underprivileged Negroes. M y prog r a m is two-fold: Jobs and Education.

less rates of non-white teenagers have increased faster than f o r w h i t e youngsters," the report stated.

I t was e s t i m a t e d that "about one half of the total difference between w h i t e and non-white over-all unemployment rate In 1962 can be explained by the concentra-

t i o n " of Negroes In unskilled occupations—and other studies have shown that unskilled and semi-skilled jobs are going into discard at an a l a r m ing rate.

The report emphasized the fact that Negroes are unemployed m o r e frequently than whites.

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Lost-found members) there cannot be any choice between the devils and the God of truth-because we had no k n o w l edge of either. B u t as God has predicted through the mouths of His prophets f r o m A b r a h a m to M u h a m m a d , He W A S H I N G T O N — The D( would make manifest the devils on the resurrection of the p a r t m e n t of A g r i c u l t u r e est m e n t a l l y dead that we m a y be able to m a k e a r i g h t choice mates that Negro f a r m e i between the two without knowledge. own land i n the United State The confession of these six members of the j u r y can- w o r t h $915,551,000. not be i g n o r e d ! This is about the f i r s t t i m e , to m y k n o w l The USD A, i n a specia edge, that the j u r y comes out and makes a confession of leaflet, said that 98 per cer the court's injustice to so-called Negroes i n a t r i a l ; that of a l l the Negro f a r m e r s liv;, they (the j u r y ) d i d not send i n any such decision, or the in the South. This perceiidecision made by the judge was not according to the j u r y ' s tage, totaling 271,599 Negr findings of justice, a n d were against such decision the f a r m e r s , owns more t h a judge made. seven m i l l i o n acres of lane Some were confused; one h a d to take a t r i p abroad an area closely equivalent t , (according to the " C a l i f o r n i a E a g l e " newspaper, August the size of Massachusett 22, 1963, T . V . Special 11 o'clock p . m . report on K N X T Aug. and Connecticut combined.

26, 1963, by John H a r t ) ; another's m a r r i a g e was breakThe value of their annW ing up on the account of injustices being done to the poor, production of cotton, t ever-woimded a n d sore so-called A m e r i c a n Negroes, the bacco, soybeans, peanut Lost-found members of the Asiatic B l a c k N a t i o n . This is hogs, cattle, poultry a i the Hand of A l l a h w o r k i n g i n this decision to show up this eggs, m i l k and butter, a i ; people and the unjust judge as i t is mentioned i n the Bible. fruits a n d vegetables e T H E T E A C H I N G of I s l a m , or the true knowledge of ceeds $540 m i l l i o n . the white race is not to be mistaken as a teaching to make I t also is pointed out t h | | the white m a n feel ashamed of what and how he has treated Negro f a r m e r s own 76,r j the A m e r i c a n so-called Negroes, the I^osUoiigd members trucks, 71,000 t r a c t o r s , 5,1 ! i s l a m enaea antr sauisxieu ; i n the w o r l d ) and recognized ' -Q^xmhiofis and 3, ! m y search for the t r u t h i n the t r u t h of myself and m y | By Willie X W y t c h e people. I knew we h a d t o ! stand up f o r ourselves as a; I view I s l a m as a n open people. I s l a m is the onlyj letter to every black m a n thing I saw that could unite and w o m a n i n A m e r i c a .

Whereas most letters conus as a people. t a i n good and bad news, B E F O R E accepting I s l a m I s l a m — when i t is underand coming into the k n o w l - stood and its precepts f a i t h edge of A l l a h (the one God), f u l l y followed — offers only IN THE HISTORY of the Western World, more people her I was always sick. Since the goad. i learned the meaning of Islam through the teachings of ti Messenger taught us how t o ; Of course, I d i d not come I Honorable Elijah Muhammad than from any other source. H eat properly, m y sick spells Quran in hand, the Messenger of Allah (right) is shown hei to this realization easily.

I t ! gradually came to an end. took m e more than 2,000! enroute to deliver a special message. Flanking him is Wallaci He teaches us that what, miles and m y first 23 years j Muhammad, son of Mr. Muhammad, and at extreme left i how, and even when we eat on earth before I discovered Minister Troy X of Monroe, La., who because of his fait, has a direct effect on our that I s l a m can (and does for underwent persecution and jailing at the hands of stom health. I s l a m is wonderful. those who sincerely believe) trooper police in Monroe.

M y accepting I s l a m also put give purpose, direction a n d ' an end to the confusion i n fulfillment to life.

I was i m ; I left school. I began hang- newspapers. m y m i n d over the white Problems started to b u i l d ! ing aroiuid the poolroom — pressed w i t h their neatness man's Christianity. up early i n m y life. I dropped and stealing. I ignored the and m a r v e l e d that they I s l a m has i m p r o v e d m y out of school at the age of advice of m y parents about were so pleasant i n converhome a great deal. M y m a r - 15 because I was only i n t h e ; getting a job, and I was con- sation. I noticed, too, that riage and f a m i l y life is bet-; eighth grade a n d h a d lost, stantly i n trouble w i t h the they treated everybody w i t h ter than i t was before. I a l l hope of ever becoming law. sincere courtesy and respect have four boys, sixteen j anything w o r t h w h i l e . Worst One day i n 1958, I said I ' d — and this was i n t u r n grandchildren, and f i v e ! of a l l , I no longer had even! like to move to the West accorded them.

I then great grandchildren. | the desire to t r y .

Coast. Thinking such a move wanted to become a follower Elijah I S L A M has Increased m y I was considered the " b a d might help m e , m y parents of the Honorable M u h a m m a d . s c r a p e d together enough pride and respect for m y a p p l e " of the f a m i l y . While Therefore, I returned to people i n such a w a y that m y parents urged m e to get money to pay m y w a y . M y m y friendships i n a l l walks a j o b , they told m e they father even got m y clothes Chicago i n 1962, a M u s l i m .

I The good that I s l a m has of life have become m a n y . d i d n ' t think I ' d ever amount out of hock.

The first good things I ; done m e brought renewed I w i l l never p u t I s l a m to anything. A n d I condown. I w i l l forever hold on demned myself because I saw when I reached Los hope to m y parents and Angeles were the young friends for a better life to i t and hold i t above a l l agreed w i t h this opinion.

Sister Hazziez else. I don't have a n y r o o m I r e a l l y h i t the skids after M u s l i m brothers selling themselves.

Track Star Grasped Messenger's Great Truths

By Clyde X Smifh

I f i r s t came i n contact w i t h the teachings of the Honorable E l i j a h Mnhair--Tad i n 1961 a n d w a s i m m e d i a t e l y struck by the i r r e f i .Die truths be offered. F o r the first t i m e I could see a future for myself and m y f a m i l y .

One m i g h t wonder w h y a I've f o u n d i n Islam young m a n of 19 would t u r n f r o m every f a m i l i a r thing strength that I need to keep and adopt a new religion that t r y i n g for a better today and at first seemed strange. Per- the certainty that t o m o r r o w haps this is not the best w a y w i l l shine brighter f o r m e to p u t i t , but i t ' s the only and m y children. The Mesw a y I know how. A little l u i - senger of A l l a h has offered derstanding soon removed me and offers a l l of our peothe strangeness and I won- ple a life of accomplishment, dered how or w h y i t took m e a life of love, a life of progso long to grasp the great- ress. ness of the Messenger's I found i n I s l a m the soluteachings. tion to m y most pressing

problems and I was relieved of the frustrations i had felt because of m y early upbringing.

A c t u a l l y when I was i n high school I had looked forw a r d to a n athletic career. I was on the cross-country t r a c k t e a m and I h a d been offered a scholarship at Ohio State University.

However, after an e a r l y m a r r i a g e I went to w o r k i n one of Chicago's packinghouses. F o r a while I was actually elated a t w o r k i n g and at the feeling of earning m y own l i v i n g . B u t there was a l -

ways the uneasy feeling that something wonderful h a d I was somehow not f n l f i l l i n g come into m y life. After that, she too accepted I s l a m . m y destiny.

Today we have our eyes A t that t i m e m y wife and set on definite goals. There I h a d no aspirations above is no end to progress and we our i m m e d i a t e needs. We a l - plan to achieve i t by followways felt secure i n the ing Messenger M u h a m m a d . knowledge that I was w o r k - M a y the Peace and Blessings ing and too I had enrolled at of A l l a h be w i t h h i m , for he DuSable f o r a night course is leading ns to greater and i n one of the printing trades. greater degrees of success The t r u t h of the m a t t e r was, and progress. however, I had no ambitions I s l a m offers hope, success, or goals. progress, happiness, respect But this changed when I and a life filled w i t h the accepted I s l a m i n 1962. M y creature comforts we a l l love wife saw and recognized that so dearly.

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I view I s l a m as a n open letter to every black m a n and woman i n A m e r i c a .

Whereas most letters contain good and bad news, B E F O R E accepting I s l a m I s l a m — when i t is nnder-j and coming into the k n o w l - stood and its precepts f a i t h - , edge of A l l a h (the one God), fnlly followed — offers only! IN 7HE HIS70RY of the Western World, more people ha I was always sick. Since the good. i lecHYied the meaning of Islam through the teachings of ti Messenger taught us how to Of course, I d i d not comei Honorable Elijah Muhammad than from any other source. H eat p r o p e r l y , m y sick spells to this realization easily. I t , Quran in hand, the Messenger of Allah (right) is shown hei gradually came to an end.took m e more than 2,000 ( enroute to deliver a special message. Flanking him is Wallact He teaches us that what, miles and m y first 23 y e a r s ; Muhammad, son of Mr. Muhammad, and at extreme left i how, and even when we eat on earth before I discovered; Minister 7roy X of Monroe, La., who because of his fail, has a d i r e c t effect on ourthat I s l a m can (and does for underwent persecution and jailing at the hands of stom health. I s l a m is wonderful. those who sincerely believe) trooper police in Monroe.

M y accepting I s l a m also put give purpose, direction and an end to the confusion i n fulfillment to life.

I left school. I began hang- newspapers.

I was i m m y m i n d over the white Problems started to build ing around the poolroom — pressed w i t h their neatness man's Christianity. m a r v e l e d that they up e a r l y i n m y life. I dropped and stealing. I ignored t h e ; and I s l a m has i m p r o v e d m y out of school at the age of! advice of m y parents about; were so pleasant i n converhome a great deal. M y m a r - 15 because I was only i n the |getting a job, and I was con- sation. I noticed, too, that riage and f a m i l y life is bet- eighth grade a n d h a d lost, stantly i n trouble w i t h the they treated everybody w i t h ter than i t was before. I a l l hope of ever becoming! law. sincere courtesy and respect have four boys, sixteen anything w o r t h w h i l e . Worst | One day i n 1958, I said I ' d — and this was i n t u r n grandchildren, and f i v e of a l l , I no longer had even, like to move to the West accorded them.

I then great grandchildren. the desire to t r y .

Coast. Thinking such a move , wanted to become a follower Elijah I S L A M has increased m y I was considered the " b a d m i g h t help m e . m y parents of the Honorable pride a n d respect for m y a p p l e " of the f a m i l y . While s c r a p e d together enough M u h a m m a d . people i n such a w a y that m y parents urged m e to get money to pay m y way. M y ' Therefore, I returned to m y friendships i n a l l walks a j o b , they told me they father even got m y clothes Chicago i n 1962, a M u s l i m .

The good that I s l a m has of life have become m a n y . d i d n ' t think I ' d ever amount out of hock.

The first good things I j done m e brought renewed I w i l l never p u t I s l a m to anything. A n d I condown. I w i l l forever hold on demned myself because I saw when I reached Los hope to m y parents and Angeles were the young friends for a better life to i t and hold i t above a l l agreed w i t h this opinion.

I really h i t the skids after M u s l i m brothers selling i themselves. else. I don't have any r o o m

Track Star Grasped Messenger's Great Truths

By Clyde X Smith

I f i r s t came i n contact w i t h the teachings of the Hon- problems and I was relieved ways the uneasy feeling that something wonderful h a d orable E l i j a h M u h a m m a d i n 1961 and was i m m e d i a t e l y of the frustrations I had felt I was somehow not f n l f i l l i n g come into m y life. After that, she too accepted I s l a m . struck by the irrefutable truths be offered. F o r the f i r s t because of m y early upbring- m y destiny.

Today we have our eyes ing. t i m e I could see a future for myself and m y f a m i l y .

A c t u a l l y when I was i n A t that t i m e m y wife and set on definite goals. There One m i g h t wonder w h y a I h a d no aspirations above found i n I s l a m high school I had looked for- our i m m e d i a t e needs. We a l - is no end to progress and we young m a n of 19 would t u r n I've f r o m every f a m i l i a r thing strength that I need to keep w a r d to an athletic career. I ways felt secure i n the plan to achieve i t by following Messenger M u h a m m a d . and adopt a new religion that t r y i n g for a better today and was on the cross-country knowledge that I was w o r k - May the Peace and Blessings at first seemed strange. Per- the certainty that t o m o r r o w t r a c k t e a m and I had been ing and too I had enrolled a t of A l l a h be w i t h h i m , f o r be haps this is not the best w a y w i l l shine brighter f o r m e offered a scholarship at Ohio DuSable f o r a night course is leading ns to greater and to p u t i t , b u t i t ' s the only and m y children. The Mes- State U n i v e r s i t y . way I know how. A little i m - senger of A l l a h has offered However, after a n early i n one of the p r i n t i n g trades. greater degrees of success derstanding soon removed me and offers a l l of our peo- m a r r i a g e I went to w o r k i n The t r u t h of the m a t t e r was, and progress.

I s l a m offers hope, success, the strangeness and I won- ple a life of accomplishment, one of Chicago's packing- however, I had no ambitions progress, happiness, respect dered how or w h y i t took m e a life of love, a life of prog- bouses. F o r a while I was ac- or goals. so long to grasp the great- ress. tually elated at w o r k i n g and But this changed when I and a life filled w i t h the ness of the Messenger's I found i n I s l a m the solu- at the feeling of earning m y accepted I s l a m i n 1962. M y creature comforts we a l l love teachings. tion to m y most pressing own l i v i n g . B u t there was a l - wife saw and recognized that so dearly.

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Negroes Own Prayer Service In Islam $915,551,000 In Farm Land

Lost-found members) there cannot be any choice between the devils and the God of t r u t h ^-because we had no k n o w l edge of either. B u t as God has predicted through the mouths of His prophets f r o m A b r a h a m to M u h a m m a d , He W A S H I N G T O N — The Dewould make manifest the devils on the resurrection of the p a r t m e n t of A g r i c u l t u r e estim e n t a l l y dead that we m a y be able to make a r i g h t choice mates that Negro f a r m e r s between the two without knowledge. own land i n the U n i t e d States The confession of these six m e m b e r s of the j n r y can- w o r t h $915,551,000. not be ignored! This is abont the f i r s t t i m e , to m y k n o w l The USD A, i n a special edge, that the j n r y comes out and makes a confession of leaflet, said that 98 per cent the court's injustice to so-called Negroes i n a t r i a l ; that of a l l the Negro f a r m e r s live they (the j u r y ) d i d not send i n any such decision, or the in the South. This percendecision made by the judge was not according to the j u r y ' s tage, totaling 271,599 Negro findings of justice, a n d were against such decision the f a r m e r s , owns more than judge made. seven m i l l i o n acres of land, Some were confused; one had to take a t r i p abroad an area closely equivalent to (according to the " C a l i f o r n i a E a g l e " newspaper, August the size of Massachusetts 22, 1963, T . V . Special 11 o'clock p . m . report on K N X T Aug. and Connecticut combined.

26, 1963, by John H a r t ) ; another's m a r r i a g e was breakThe value of their annual ing up on the account of injustices being done to the poor, production of cotton, toever-wounded and sore so-called A m e r i c a n Negroes, the bacco, soybeans, peanuts, Lost-found members of the Asiatic Black Nation. This is hogs, cattle, poultry and the Hand of A l l a h w o r k i n g i n this decision to show up this eggs, m i l k and butter, and people and the unjust judge as i t is mentioned i n the Bible. fruits and vegetables exT H E T E A C H I N G of I s l a m , or the t r u e knowledge of ceeds $540 m i l l i o n .

I t also is pointed out that the white race is not to be mistaken as a teaching to make the white m a n feel ashamed of what and how he has treated Negro f a r m e r s own 76,000 the A m e r i c a n so-called Negroes, the Lost-found members trucks, 71,000 tractors, 5,000 of the Asiatic Black Nation. N o ! B U T to make t h e m m a n i - grain combines a n d 3,000 fest to the Lost-found (so-called Negroes) who have been corn pickers. made to believe that they (the whites) are equal members of the D i v i n e God of Justice and righteousness.

4-H Record W i n s H e r The resurrection a c t u a l l y , means to be raised up into and the punishment of the $ 5 0 0 C o l l e g e G r a n t the t r u e knowledge of the guilty for the injustices they R A L E I G H , N.C. — F o r her devils and the things p e r t a i n - have received and are r e outstanding record as a 4-H ing to the devils. I n this w a y , ; ceiving. club member, Helen Yvonne i t w i l l make the t r u t h clear There should not have Cheek, 17, of Warrenton, has to the Lost-found so-called been a n y spiritual songs or been named winner of a $500 Negroes; that they w i l l be laughing going on because of college scholarship. no cloak f o r a n excuse that the serious condition of the Miss Cheek plans to use they would not know or un- A m e r i c a n so - called Nethe grant, along w i t h a talent derstand, or there had not groes! been sent among them a o U » f u t u r e * i s at stake i n scholarship of 1.200 won earmessenger of God explaining . A m e r i c a ! I f proper knowl- lier, to study music educato t h e m the t r u t h and w a r n - edge is not taught to our peo- tion at the U n i v e r s i t y of ing t h e m of the day of j u d g - ' pie (so-called Negroes) and N o r t h Carolina at Greensment upon the wicked of t h i s , serious warnings of the f u -boro, N.C. She w i l l enroll i n world. ture for t h e m , there w i l l be September as a freshman.

We saw yesterday, A u g - i a total loss of existence of ust 28, 1963, on television the i the so-called Negroes or the Coordinating m a r c h made on the nation's black people i n A m e r i c a , Student capital, Washington, D . C , by They must know the t r u t h of Unit Membership 193 our people. But when we look the preparation being made A T L A N T A , GA. — The Stuinto the significance of this, against t h e m , and the knowlm a r c h and listen to the lead- edge that lies i n their future dent Nonviolent Coordinatannounced ers explain w h y the m a r c h happiness i n taking the right ing Committee was made, we can r e a d i l y : steps to the solution to thethat i t has 193 staff m e m agree that this m a r c h was | problem that exists between bers. altogether fruitless for the j the master and his once future happiness of the i slaves.

FREEDOM, A m e r i c a n so-called Negroes.! M O R E N E X T W E E K .

TO L O O K at t h e m on teleH U R R Y A N D J O I N ONTO vision a n d hear them over y o U R OWN K I N D ! T H E the radio singing the old s p i r - , T I M E O F T H I S W O R L D IS i t u a l songs of the w h i t e a t H A N D ! man's religion, Christianity, WRITE' TO: MUHAMand to see the j o y and glad- maD'S MOSQUE NO. 2, 5335 ness displayed upon the fac- gouth Greenwood Avenue, es of some of the marchers Chicago 15, Illinois. E l i j a h while singing and clapping M u h a m m a d , Messenger of their hands shows beyond a A l l a h . shadow of doubt the lack of their leaders' K N O W L E D G E c,,^„ ; „ na„tk M « « O F T H E F U T U R E OF T H I S •-'earn, i v e g i

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JUSTICE a n d EQUALITY We m u s t h a v e OR ELSE

Would you like reniaintog a permanent sieve or being a permanent member of a soup iline? Are you with "us to get Freedom, Justice and Equoiiiy for the So Coiled Negroes?

Meet Bias PLEASE SEND US YOUR to prepare them to seek a W A S H I N G T O N — Even i n better and permanent solu- death, and wearing the u n i tion to the problem of the f o r m of his country, the tiAt.tE once slaves and their mas- A m e r i c a n Negro faces the iers. race b a r r i e r i n his own land. ADDRESS I f they had the knowledge This cruel paradox once City Zone ... Stat. that they should have, their again became apparent as faces would have displayed the Defense Department ori.t;.n.-)m.n.,J's Mos."ue No. 2 a sign of seriousness over | dered commanders of m i l i 5335 S, Gree-.woo.t Avenu* the past a n d present injus- t a r y bases not to use the Chicago 15, ll'Inois tices done t h e m , and over services of funeral homes c 4847 S. Woo<llawn Avenue the sincerity of their desire which practice d i s c r i m i n a for better and real justice tion.

The following prayer shows the complete confidence the .\postle and his followers have in Allah, and the great praise of .A.llah for His protection and blessings that they enjoy from H i m daily: " I seek the protection of Allah, my L o r d , from every fault and turn t o H i m .

"Oh Allah, Thou art the A u t h o r of peace, and f r o m Thee comes peace. Blessed a r t Thou, O L o r d of Q o r y and honour. " X o t l i i n g deserves t o be worshipped except Allah.

He is One and has no associate; His is the K i n g d o m and for H i m is praise. And He has power over all things.

"O Allah, there is none who can w i t h h o l d w h a t Thou grantest, and there is none who can give w h a t Thou withholdest, and greatness does not benefit any possessor of greatness as against Thee." l.et von and me who believe learn and recite this prayer for the glory and honour, praise and thaitks to A l l a h Who is Idessing ns.'the Lostfound of our people, for guiding us on tlie right path.

That we. too, may he as successful as the Prophets and their followers before'us. We must renieml>er that we cannot he proud over greatness, only Allah.

For if Allah makes you great you are great indeed! And if .\llah bring you low, none can raise you up hut He.^ Salvation has come to us f r o m Allah, let us rejoice i n H i m and be thankful t o H i m for visiting us and acicepting us as H i s own. _

Sees Self-Govemment as The Only Rood tor Negro

By J A M I L MUHAMMAD been unmoved by our m o u r n We c r y out, beg and c r a w l f u l crisis, and today their rew i t h our proposals for an i n - sponse is poor, and their eyes t e r r a c i a l and harmonious so- are s t i l l blind to our comciety, while the tuirelentingplete freedom. h a m m e r of white hate, white White A m e r i c a views t h e violence, white contumacy, Honorable E l i j a h M u h a m and white opposition to God's mad's proposals w i t h prow i l l strikes w i t h ruthless i n - found envy, and to his r e timidations against a people quest for autonomy, their rewhose e f f o r t s were born sponse is w i t h little or no Resenting thq weak, depending upon whites foresight. w o r k of Messenger E l i j a h for direction.

M u h a m m a d , they (the white When w i l l this beast-like race) throw t h e i r weight people (Caucasian) discover h y p o c r i t i c a l l y behind token that their intimidations and integration. systematic deceptions a r e not a d e q u a t e deterrents T H E W H I T E S know that i f against the flame of self-ex- interfused into white society, pression, which is kindled b y the Negro eventually w i l l A l l a h (God) and fanned into vanish as a people, and w i l l a roar by the Honorable E l i - only be remembered i n hisj a h M u h a m m a d , who pre- tory as a self-destroyed s y m sents his people a n d thebol of i n f e r i o r i t y . God m i s world w i t h a sound p r o g r a m sioned the Honorable E l i j a h for self-improvement?

M u h a m m a d to d i v e r t this blind m a r c h t o w a r d self-deW H I T E A m e r i c a is not disturbed by o u r lamentable struction. need for full-freedom and for Centuries of a g o n y and equity, but they a r e dis- deprivation have produced a turbed at seeing 20 m i l l i o n spirit of self-determination, Negroes as a huge powder and i t w i l l come to rest i n keg w i t h a short fuse. nothing short of self-governF o r centuries they have ment.

'a little bit of heaven right here on earth' "I'm determined to get a l i t t l e bit of this heaven, on earth before I d i e , " Rev. F r e d Shuttlesworth told hundred.s at the Negro E m a n c i p a t i o n Centennial here at M c C o r m i c k Place.

The Alabama c i v i l rights leader, a colleague of Rev. M a r t i n Luther K i n g , said, " W e ' v e got to keep on m a r c h i n g —we've got to m a r c h until we make the constitution a real and l i v i n g thing. " I certainly don't think that we have lost the need to protest. The government won't do any more than i t has to.

That is why we have to keep applying the pressure," declared Rev. Shuttlesworth, a veteran i n the mass demonstration movement.

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/ n the interest of freedom of expression and free discussion, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, Messenger of Allah, has opened the following page, "Opinions of Others," for comments and criticism from organizations or individuals on any pitase of the Muslim program or on the plight of black America. (All submissions must be signed and comments confined to not more than 300 words).

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Since I began reading M u h a m m a d Speaks Newspaper many months ago, one question has remained foremost i n m y m i n d . I t deals p r i m a r i l y w i t h the problem of r e c r u i t ment.

Why has the M u s l i m move- movement is an evil thing ment failed to arouse and merely b e c a u s e they've recruit any significant, n u m - heard others who are uninformed label i t so. This is a FROM ACROSS THE WORLD they came to National Secretary John A i l (standing 2nd ber of the Negro intelligent- logical fallacy. ; see for themselves what islam has done in from r i g h t ) . Visitors seated from left: Masia?

I F E E L certain that i f the ! America. These Africans, participants in a moudou Ka, Senegal; Aloyslus Ogike, NigerI n a movement as vast as movement would formulate \ U.S. State Department Educationot Travel la; Mohamed Daddah, Mauritania. Standing: that which has been initiated a p r o g r a m specifically de- i Program, asked the State Department t o In- Gabriel Gomis, Senegal; Wllbert Petty, USIS by the Honorable E l i j a h M u signed to appeal to the dis- I elude in their Chicago stay a visit to the Unl- Cultural Affairs officer; (Souraize Thiam, Seneh a m m a d f o r the purpose of ciplined minds of the bour- I verslty of Isksn, where they were met by Mrs. gal; and Francois De Medelros, Dahomony. uniting the black m a n i ngeoise and the educated, the i Christine Johnson, principal - director, and A m e r i c a religiously, m o r a l - end result would prove f a ly and p o l i t i c a l l y , i t is of the vorable. utmost importance to r e c r u i t The movement could betnot only the " m a n of the ter function i f i t could boast s t r e e t , " b u t the educated of having an abundance of people as w e l l . leadership m a t e r i a l w i t h i n its own ranks.

F R O M T H I S point of view, if the movement has failed to reach any decisive n u m By M a t t h e w T. M o n a h a n against Negroes, but most satisfaction of whites and ber of the middle class and landlords and employers dis- Negroes. I n true integration the educated black people of N E W Y O R K — As a white c r i m i n a t e against Negroes there is a m u t u a l borrowing A m e r i c a , i t is due p r i m a r i l y who occasionally reads your and whites—against those of c u l t u r a l elements while to the absence of a f o r m u paper, who agrees w i t h some w h o m they exploit. I know the cultures r e m a i n distinct. lated plan, vigorously deof your p r o g r a m and ap-that the trade unions have Your plan f o r a separate signed to t a p the black i n proves more of your com- largely betrayed you. but the nation seems simple, r a d i tellectual groups; to i n f o r m plaint, I wish to offer a few principle of economic class cal, d r a m a t i c , and therefore them properly, and w i n them K I N G S T O N , Jamaica — observations. conflict explains much that attractive. But the surer, i f over as converts. I n this re- Two West Indian nations, While recognizing the fact racist theories can't explain. slower and more arduous spect, the f o r m e r l y educated caught between the anti-Neof r a c i a l discrimination, you One key to your complex way is probably to integrate, Negro m a y feel slighted. gro barriers erected i n E n g problem is economic, and the to draw Negroes and whites On m a n y occasions I ' v e land against black i m m i - must know that injustice name of the key m a y be into a common national culagainst the Negro, i n the had the opportunity to dis- grants and the long-existing M a r x i s m . ( I a m not a Com- ture and a common national U .

S. as in A f r i c a , is not s i m cuss the M u s l i m movement quotas against those of A f r i munist but a Roman Catho- prosperity. ply and wholly a m a t t e r of with friends and colleagues. can descent in the U.S., have lic.) race but also of class.

This m a y soimd like the Often I a m surprised to now developed unemployConcerning I n t e g r a - old hog-wash, but I think I do not like to be called a learn that their knowledge ment problems because they of the overall subject is too cannot find outlets for their devil, just as I do not like to tion, many examples demon- that now and i n A m e r i c a , i t hear a Neg-ro called an ape. strate that, i f judiciously makes better sense than r a l i m i t e d . I n many instances jobless. planned, i t can w o r k to thecial separatism. educated people are comAs a result, Jamaica and Any r e f o r m based on unreali t y Is futile and dangerous, pletely ignorant as regards T r i n i d a d are looking to to the aims and aspirations A m e r i c a to relax its present and i t is an unreality to asof the Black M u s l i m s . I be- i m m i g r a t i o n laws which per- sert that m e n are good or V I S I T lieve this to be a short-com- m i t only 100 Jamaicans and bad by virtue of their race, to posit a m o r a l categorizaing of the movement itself.

100 f r o m T r i n i d a d into the tion by race.

Any nationalistic m o v e- U.S. each year.

Not a l l whites discriminate Sir Neville Ashenheim. ment whose philosophy is deM O S Q U E N o . 2 signed to unite and elevate ambassador of J a m a i c a , and Sir Ellis Clarke, T r i n i d a d a race of people who are for ZFI.1.01 S (LFANi RS the most p a r t s t i l l religious ambassador, told newsmen 5335 S . Greenwood, Chgo., ALTERATIONS in their w a y of thinking, here that the m a j o r problem /•i,' -I'/i n,!i:n\ S,r Every Wednesday and Friday, at 8:00 P.M. should leave no facet or p a r t n o " facing their countries is 36! EAST 69th STREET of that race i n a position of un aployment and the task Sundays a t 2 : 0 0 P.M. STewort 3-9572 neglect. M a n y an educated of . i n d i n g " o u t l e t s " f o r the CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Negro believes that the unemployed.

A White Reader Cites His Agreements, Disagreements Jamaica and Trinidad Hit Race Quotas

EDITORIAL Time for a REAL March Now that the sound and f u r y of the historic M a r c h on Washington has died down, i t is w e l l that the m i l l i o n s who were not there, as w e l l as the 200,000 who were, should soberly take stock of w h a t was gained and to what a v a i l .

What was new i n the appeals and pleas and w h a t was new i n the response?

A c t u a l l y , the begging requests set f o r t h at the cold feet of the r u l i n g white autocracy were the same placid, passive requests placed again and again f o r a l l too m a n y years.

T h a t i s : to be included somehow i n the " A m e r i c a n w a y of l i f e " when that w a y of life has been made u n m i s t a k a b l y clear f o r 40 years, as based solidly on white sup r e m a c y and on the slave-status of black peoples, r e g a r d less of the " t o k e n s " of integration t h r o w n out f o r occasional appeasement.

What they ask f o r is equal r i g h t s under the l a w and f o r " f a i r e m p l o y m e n t . " Y e t , anyone w i t h the slightest k n o w l edge of white B i g Business knows the rule of " l a s t h i r e d and f i r s t t i r e d " for black w o r k i n g m e n and w o m e n . There has never been a t i m e i n the history of A m e r i c a when there d i d not exist a deplorable depression w i t h i n every large Negro u r b a n or r u r a l c o m m u n i t y , regardless of how prosperous was the white c o m m i m i t i e s . A n d i f y o u t h i n k there is " e q u a l j u s t i c e " under the l a w , visit any j a i l i n any netropolis and see t h e m populated m a i n l y b y the i m p o v I n a letter to D e t r o i t Police Commissioner George E d A few years ago, a 15-year rished black people. w a r d s , I complained of police b r u t a l i t y that has been going old boy j u m p e d f r o m a stoBehind the new carrot-stick offered Negroes is the o l d on to m y knowledge. I was moved by the shooting to death len car. They shot h i m i n the. land of the white slave master, w i t h Its b n l l t - i n hypocrisy, of Cynthia Scott by a policeman. The following are excerpts back. I n c i d e n t a l l y , he was a j .ts cruel Injustices, Its calculated deprivations and Its de- f r o m that l e t t e r : black boy. neanlng of tlie h u m a n d i g n i t y of black w o m e n and c h i l I f the f i r s t shot d i d not h i t j Not too many months ago. I n 1923, four police officers d r e n . They put f o r t h not a single realizable or sincere pro- Miss Scott as she walked two policemen followed a kicked open the door of a away, let's cSU i t a w a r n i n g Negro woman as she quit her respectable home of m y parg r a m to alter this.

That is w h y g r o w i n g numbers of black people i n A m e r i - shot. The second h i t her i n job at night on her w a y ents. When they had f i n ca r e g a r d the p r o g r a m advanced by the greatest leader i n the back. Y o u r (the commis- home, forced her to drive I n ished searching i t , I asked this nation's history, the Honorable E l i j a h M u h a m m a d , as sioner's) report says he then a dark section of a black a l - for an explanation. As we a r sensing the only r e a l s o l u t i o n , a n d one to b r i n g justice and freedom. shot her i n the stomach as l e y , where each I n t u r n gued, m y sister, she turned and w a l k e d to- raped her . . . I commend their intentions, gave me her T h a t calls f o r due recognition that black people on this w a r d h i m . Could not this fel- the officer who Investigated 9-month-old boy to hold. One continent constitute a nation w i t h i n a n a t i o n ; that our sallow have shot her i n the vation lies i n separation and the establishment of our o w n shoulder, above the a r m or the tragedy. H i s findings of the officers pulled the t r i g were enough to convict a ger of his gun, b u t the gun independence; that o u r slave labor has made A m e r i c a hand w h i c h c a r r i e d the quite r i c h enough to repay us i n p a r t b y supplying this new k n i f e ' Couldn't he have shot holy m a n — b u t the j n r y did not f i r e .

The Negroes do not want nation's needs u n t i l w e are able to produce and supply our her i n the leg? . . . This fel- found t h e m innocent.

A few months ago a p l a i n - special privileges. We only own needs. low meant to k i l l this lady. clothesman was c a u g h t want "to be recognized, r e Separation, Independence and freedom under I s l a m Is A BOY much less than.five , snoozing i n the b a c k y a r d of spected and treated like h u the solution to the status of black peoples I n N o r t h A m e r i feet t a l l came out of -no-! a Negro home. A n argument m a n .beings should be treatca. The M u s l i m p r o g r a m (see back page) advocated by the where i n a location on the started. The p o l i c e m a n ed? The m a j o r i t y of Negroes Messenger of A l l a h Is the t r u e guide.

West Side. The police called walked f r o m the y a r d to his respect the l a w and the poto h i m to halt. The boy d i d : car, w h i c h was p a r k e d a licemen, but the police must not stop. He was shot i n the ; block away. He returned and respect the l a w . back w i t h a police .38 spe-|shot a helpless m a n i n the —Theodore R. D i n t ( R o t a t i o n s c i a l . He (the officer) said | stomach. The m a n is now i n D e t r o i t 1, M i c h . the reason he killed h i m , he i Wayne County General Hosthought he was a m a n . i pital.

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" I F GOD is w i t h His w o r d and Is backing that w o r d . He Is backing the deliverance of that w o r d . " I t is w r i t t e n that nothing regardless of opposition, w i l l ever be able to prosper, because i t is incumbent upon A l m i g h t y (God) to make H i m s e l f known to y o u and m e , j u s t as i t is i n c u m b e n t upon H i m to raise a l l of those who are s p i r i t u a l l y dead to the knowledge of H i m . This must be d o n e ! " " T H E SO-CALLED A m e r i c a n Negroes a r e m o r e dep r i v e d of equal justice t h a n any people on e a r t h . Justice is one of the greatest principles of righteousness, f a i r dealings w i t h one another. I f justice was to p r e v a i l throughout the w o r l d there never would come a d a y of j u d g m e n t . The unjust judges of the w o r l d a r e not concerned w i t h justice for the black m a n of A m e r i c a . " I a m here pleading f o r your justice, not pleading to unjust judges to give y o u justice, I a m pleading to a j u s t judge to give you justice. That just judge is A l m i g h t y God, Allah. " W e have a r r i v e d to the end of t i m e of these unjust judges. Therefore, you must know the t r u t h of a l l .

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of contemporary history, I a m most interested and quite curious to know m o r e about your organized religion i n America.

The unsympathetic press and biased people have created an apocryphal image and only misunderstanding of your movement, its means and its ends. M y o w n understanding and sympathy for the so-called Negroes' plight is but v e r y l i m i t e d , f o r you see, I a m a white m a n .

I t seems that as whites are born w i t h but an infinitestim a l q u a l i t y f o r understanding and appreciating the trouble of others. Anyhow, I , as an i n d i v i d u a l , would greatly appreciate your forw a r d i n g me some l i t e r a t u r e anent your religious movement.

—Wasme Reznick Baltimore, M d .

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Some 90 miles off tlie coast of Florida is the beautiful island of g :g Cuba, described in the past four years by the white press as a horrible, op- % pressive, "slave-state" transferred from Western type "freedom" into subjugation by its Castrog: led revolution.

But also on Cuba are 6 million human be- F t O R I D A ^ f' :g ings, 3 millions of whom are so obviously of African descent that they would have to live in keyWe^t^... '^c Jim Crow slums and suffer segregation if they \ J ^ ^ : ^ lived in North America. \ >. aakhjil^a i In order to fairly appraise the events in ^ ^ jii: Cuba, Herbert Muhammad, son of the Honor- \ y^-''^ Xi^T/Sp^jiii able Elijah Muhammad, and Correspondent, -^"^"^...j,,,^ Charles P. Howard, accepted invitations to visit .--'CVBX^^''''^^-^^^ jg the island along with 600 other international] '** leaders and went on a State Department okayed visit.

Muhammad Spealts is proud to be the first Milts 3do :g Negro newspaper to bring to its readers definig tive accounts of what really ftappened in Cuba and what the people g jg think of their government.

By Chas. P . H o w a r d S r .

(HNS) UN and Foreign Correspondent H A V A N A , (HNS)â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Today, perhaps the most i m p o r t a n t piece of l a n d outside the continental c o n f i n e s of the United States to the A m e r i can people and the A m e r i can government is the island of Cuba, consisting of 44,218 square m i l e s ; an area l a r g e r than D e n m a r k , B e l g i u m and the Netherlands combined and containing some 6.4 m i l lion people, less t h a n the population of New Y o r k C i t y , of w h o m more t h a n (^ are Afro-Cubans or Cubans of A f r i c a n descent.

A c t u a l l y , F i d e l Castro says, " T h e r e are no pure white Cubans."

I t was to see w h a t Cuba is l i k e , to see w h a t these AfroCubans are doing, to see w h a t contributions they are m a k i n g to Cuba and the revolution and how that r e v o l u tion p e r m i t s t h e i r p a r t i c i p a tion, that brought me to this Island, over the protests of those who c l a i m a great hat r e d for the place, and the advice of those who c l a i m a great interest i n m y personal welfare.

THE VIGOR of youth Is reflected In the faces of these young SOME A M E R I C A N p o l i t i women of Cuba, engaged In animated conversotlon in a Havana commercial district. They are vitally concerned (Continued on page 12)

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H A V A N A , whose modern buikfings ore among the most strih t h i n k e r a n d w r i t e r on a worlq s c a l e " w r o t e , " W h a t is gÂŤ cians, business interests and ing on i n Cuba is no merd persons w i t h access to " n e w s palace r e v o l u t i o n a t the t o p | m e d i a " , oft i m e s , w i t h m o i n w h i c h one o l i g a r c h y ha tives w h i c h seem to m a n y as ousted another. This i s a s o l challengeable, have w o r k e d c i a l r e v o l u t i o n i n v o l v i n g t h / the A m e r i c a n G o v e r n m e n t masses of the Cuban people| and m a n y of i t s people into and i t s a i m i s not to install a white heat of h a t r e d new set of r u l e r s but to w o r t against the Cuban people and out a n e w social o r d e r . " their government.

A T A B O U T the same t i m ^ I t should be understood i n H e r b e r t M a t t h e w s , f a m e passing that i t is not realistic New Y o r k T i m e s correspondl to c l a i m " L o v e f o r a people erit, w r o t e , " I n m y t h i r t / and h a t r e d f o r their govern- years on the N e w Y o r J m e n t " a t the same t i m e - T i m e s I have never seen when you s t a r v e , drop bombs s t o r y so misunderstood, on this island and k i l l its peo- badly handled and so m i s i n i ple, only i n c i d e n t a l l y a n d t e r p r e t e d as the Cubijn r e v o j probably, but not necessarily l u t i o n . " do y o u s t a r v e a n d k i l l i t s I t is because I a m f u l l j government. convinced that i f the A m e r i l The people who l e d this can people knew the r e a | island to i t s independence t r u t h about Cuba and w h t and to its present status be- her leaders have chosen the gan their " R e v o l u t i o n " on p a t h they have chosen, i f the A m e r i c a n people knew w h a f J u l y 26th, 1953.

This year they h a d their their politicians, business 10th a n n i v e r s a r y of the be- and m i l i t a r y m e n have done ginning of t h a t Revolution. to the Cuban people, i f the As a p a r t of the celebration A m e r i c a n people reviewed they invited some 600 people the r i g h t s they c l a i m foil f r o m around the w o r l d to themselves, perhaps the w a j come and see f o r themselves w o u l d be opened f o r us to dd w h a t is r e a l l y going on here. some clear t h i n k i n g and h o n j I n the e a r l y days of the est concluding about the re ourselved Revolution, W a l t e r L i p p m a n , lations between and the people of this beauj considered b y m a n y as A m e r i c a ' s greatest " p o l i t i c a l (Continued on page 14) (Continued from page 11)

AFRO-CUBAN strain has always been a dominant Influence in the Cuban culture. ComfMrlsIng mare than half of the Cuban population, Afro-Cubans are mcking a vital contribution to Cuba's new growth and development. Here, musicians perform in o Hovono square.

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SUGAR, Cubo's principal export and traditional backbone of the nation's economy, vralts at a Havono dock t o be loaded aboard a ship. Now Cubans are erecting new factories and attempting te diversify their industries.

PHYSICAL FITNESS is an important port of Cubon life. Here, citizens perform calisthenics under the direction of physical education instructors (foreground) In a moss, open air drill. Dolly drills like this one help keep Cubans f i t and olert and are part of t l w country's natioiial hecrttfa program.

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Newsman Sees — Cuba Closeup (Continued &om page 12) State D e p a r t m e n t ' s public t i f u l island.

Included among the 6 M i n - notices a t t e m p t i n g t o l i m i t v i t e d guests were 59 A m e r i - t r a v e l t o . those countries i t can students, a group now r e - considers safe. O u r t r i p t o duced to 58 by flie accidental Cuba has sbown d a l l y t h a t death of a n A f r o - A m e r i c a n , A m e r i c a n citizens a r e as one of t h e i r n u m b e r . A m o n g safe t o t r a v e l a n d o r v i s i t i n the 58 r e m a i n i n g are 16 A f r o - Cuba as they a r e t o w a l k the streets of N e w Y o i * C i t y — i f Americans.

T H E S E S T U D E N T S made not m o r e so. the t r i p i n p a r t " t o test Uie " B e U e v i i i g t h a t the r i g h t to State D e p a r t m e n t ' b a n ' o n t r a v e l is a n i n h e r e n t r i g h t o f t r a v e l . " They presented t h e i r a l l A m e r i c a n c i t i z a i s , w e a r e collective views on Cuba and now forced t o c o m e t o t h e THIS TRIO o f beoutfes reflects the new Howard. They were phatagrophed on a the t r a v e l b a n i n a press unhappy candnskHi t h a t the spirit o f Cuba, wrate Carrespandent Charles Havana street. statement to the m e m b e r s of A m e r i c a n State D e p a r t m e n t p a r t i c i p a t e i n a democratic actual conditions of Cuba ourselves the failures as w e l l the w o r l d press assembled disamiroves o f o u r t r a v e l t o society. were d r a w n after extensive as t h e accomplishments of here.

Cid», o r (Caiina, A l b a n i a , t r a v e l throughout the island the Cuban revolution.

U N F O R T U N A T E L Y ^ there I n their press statement N o r t h K o r e a o r N o r t h V i e t is now l i t t l e question i n ourand conversations w i t h stu" E V E N those of us w h o they i m m e d i a t e l y addressed N a m ) n o t because o f i t s s t a t - m i n d s t h a t r e g a r d i n g condidents, f a r m e r s , w o r k e r s and are c r i t i c a l of c e r t a i n ased public r a t i o n a l i t i e s , b u t themselves t o t h e " t r a v e l tions i n Cuba the A m e r i c a n people j a i l e d for counter-rev- pects of the revolution a d m i t b a n " : T h e statement read, r a t h e r because i t i s a f r a i d public, l a r g e l y because of the olutionary a c t i v i t y , as w e l l t h a t i f w e v i s i t these coun" H a v i n g spent n e a r l y a that we have had freedom to tries w e w i l l discover w h a t State D e p a r t m e n t b a n onas the leaders of the Cuban m o n t h i n Cuba as a guest of see f o r ourselves w h a t is is r e a l l y t a k i n g place t h e r e - t r a v e l t o that island, i s u n - government. the Cuban Federation of U n i r e a l l y happening i n Cuba. in. informed and misinformed v e r s i t y Students, a l l 58 o f " T h e Cubans have allowed The students insist that and has l i t t l e concept of w h a t "Certainly, i f the United us A m e r i c a n s have come t o us the m a x i m u m freedom to each has been free to f o r m conditions a c t u a l l y are today States State D e p a r t m e n t bec e r t a i n definite conclusions t r a v e l throughout the island r e g a r d i n g our t r i p t o Cuba. lieves i n the p r i n c i ^ e s of de- i n Cuba. I f this is true of Cu- and the City of Havana. We his own opinions and express " A l l of us a r e now m o r e m o c r a c y , as a i l o f us w e r e ba, our conclusion is that i t have gone throughout t h e his own views. On this m a t convinced t h a n when w e taught i n grade s c i m d , ttien m a y also equally be t r u e , countryside as a group b u t ter the s t a t e m e n t read, o r i g i n a l l y left the U n i t e d i t shcnid a d m i t Oiat <mly a n therefore, of A l b a n i a , China, were s t i l l given ample t i m e " W h e n w e left t h e U n i t e d Slates of the a t e u r d i t y of our i n f o r m e d public can a c t i v e l y N o r t h K o r e a and N o r t h V i e t to meet w i t h the Cuban peo- States f o r this v i s i t t o Cuba Nam." ple a n d t o see t h e placeswe stressed that every i n R e f e r r i n g t o how they that we wanted to see on our d i v i d u a l on this t r i p w o u l d H A R R I S reached t h e i r conclusions the own. F r o m our first a r r i v a l be free to express h i s own statement said, " A n y of the i n Havana vmtil o u r depar- political opinions of Cuba. conclusions that members of t u r e , the Cuban government There are, however, c e r t a i n oiu- groiq) have d r a w n of the was insistent that we see for aspects of today's Cuba o n w h i c h w e a l l agree. R e g a r d less of press a n d coimter1 VISIT CUSTOM MADE FURNITiffiE AND DRAPES I N MANSFIELD, O H I O revolutionary reportage e m M U H A M M A D ' S MOSQUE VISIT anating f r o m the U n i t e d 6736 COTTAGE GROVE 3 3 3 N O R T H 2 0 t h ST. MUHAMMAD'S MOSQUE States we have discovered THURSDAY 8:00 P.M. CHICAGO 3 7 , ILUNOIS 38 HARKER STREET that the vast m a j o r i t y of CuSUNDAY 8:00 P.M. Wed. & Fri. 8:00 P.M. bans support the socialist Sunday 2:00 P.M. PHomz n . a-ioa« C O L U M B U S , DHIO government of F i d e l Castro.

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So awesomely has the odium of slavery permeated the fabric of A m e r i c a that i t is unlikely any amount of eIec-{ tronic computing machines could ever calculate the i m p a c t of slavery upon A m e r i c a n society. And, so, whenever r a r e , devastating hook comes along, like " A N T I - S L A V - j E R Y , " so blistering i n i t s i n d i c t m e n t of the " p e c u l i a r in-j s t i t u t i o n " and, b y i m p l i c a t i o n , A m e r i c a , so exhaustive i r its research, so m a s t e r f u l i n its scholarship, one must re-| joice a t this unexampled occasion.

Professor D u m o n d takes the r e a d e r behind the thorize a trade that sepal scenes, exposes the cruel rates the husband f r o m t h f machinations of s a d i s t i c wife, the parent f r o m t h | men, a n d gives h i m a first- child, and the relation fror hand glimpse at the demoni- the f r i e n d ; that tears asunl der a l l ties of social connecj acal sway w h i c h slavery tion and breaks apart a l l held over sane and r a t i o n a l the ligaments of natural m e n : " B e l i e v i n g a l l m e n to u n i o n . " be created equal, we plunThe reader meets some o| dered peaceful n a t i o n s , the great m e n of A m e r i c a ! hunted men like w i l d beasts, h i s t o r y : F r e d e r i c k Douglassl and advertised and s o l d Nat Turner, D a v i d Walker! them w i t h cattle and hogs. W i l l i a m Lloyd Garrison] Believing freedom to be the Wendell Phillips, etc. sacred right of every m a n , Perhaps the most signifi-l we made nearly four m i l l i o n cant contribution of "ANTI-1 men slaves."

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Women i n Islam B y T Y N N E T T A D E A N AR The w o m a n who accepts I s l a m today is among the most honored of the women of the w o r l d . She n o t only accepts a life of aspirant s p i r i t u a l perfection but also a w a y of life of the highest quality w h i c h yields inspiration, h a r mony and fortitude to the relationship of the f a m i l y and of the society. The reasons w h y many of our w o m e n are u n able to see I s l a m i n this w a y is because they have never accepted I s l a m to realize the results.

But observe the M u s l i m women who follow the teach- Were they of the black or of ings of the Honorable E l i j a h the w h i t e race i n origin?

M u h a m m a d and notice the Certainly, your answer dechange that has t r a n s p i r e d . pends upon your history I t is not i n the spirit of con- teacher. B u t I think, like demnation that I offer this several others, that the best observation but i n the spirit source of i n f o r m a t i o n obtainof hope that y o u w i l l like able is f r o m the people of what y o u see and w i t h the this grand country a n d of added hope that this obser- this great continent that is avation m a y affect your con- called today A f r i c a . version.

T H E W O M A N who accepts I s l a m today does not accept I T I S not i n passing that a dying tree that rests upon the Honorable E l i j a h M u - the ancient monuments of h a m m a d reminds us of the ancient E g y p t or of the a n times i n w h i c h we live but i t cient w o r l d , but she accepts is i n the realization of thethe once missing link to her d a r k and dreadful days that past w h i c h directs her perspective i n the future. We are approaching.

Our ancient history is glor- are, teaches Messenger M u ious and magnificent, and i th a m m a d , the mothers of civis only since we were cap- ilization who know not of a tured by our enemies that we begiiyiing and w i l l never have forgotten our grand know of an ending. trek through the past. Do you To the Black Women of the remember the history of United States, we the MusEgypt, perhaps the first l i m women beckon to y o u to country of antiquity that the accept I s l a m and accept a historical accounts were able permanent life f o r yourto preserve? What do y o uselves and c h i l d r e n on this think or know*^of the r a c i a l earth. "Come to I s l a m , come o r i g i n of the Egyptians? to success."

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T r a i n i n g "One of the requisites of our teaching s t a f f , " said Cabaniss, " i s to hire only those instructors who are successful, so that they m a y inspire as w e l l as t e a c h . " E V I D E N C E T H A T the Pe-

A Negro-owned school founded i n the great depression w i t h only $4,000 has i n the 25 years of its existence g r a d u ated 50,000 persons and is c u r r e n t l y more than keeping -pace w i t h the constantly m u l t i p l y i n g vistas of opportunity for Negro women i n the w o r l d of public a n d private business. j M u c h of Its success is the I other s c h o o l s , i n Washresult of Its dedication to the j ington, D . C , and I n B a l t i principals of excellence set more, M d . , now c a r r y the down by i t s foiuider, Cortez W. Peters, internationally Cortez W. Peters name.

famous as the w o r l d ' s fastCORTEZ P E T E R S College est typist. now has i t s o w n placement SINCE I T S inception I n service f o r graduates. Vying 1938 i t has prepared thou- for students f r o m Peters are sands of Negro women, and i such f i r m s as International men, f o r productive a n d re-| Business M a c h i n e ; General w a r d i n g careers i n a n end-i M o t o r s ; International H a r less v a r i e t y of positions i n ' vester; Atlantic a n d Pacific m a n y of the nation's leading! Tea company; and B e l l Teleinstitutions of business. phone.

Vice President George W. Present-day facilities of the newly-constructed and Cabaniss, has i n his desk a m o d e r n " Cortez"^W."^ Peters! mountain of requests f o r PeBuslness College of Chicago ^^^^ graduates, are a f a r c r y f r o m the " T h e s r are last year's r e school's meager beginnings quests," he told a reporter in 1938, when Peters and f r o m M u h a m m a d Speaks.

Walter Carter pooled their " T h e ones we didn't f i l l . assets of $4,000 and set up There are so m a n y demands classrooms on the t h i r d floor for our students we don't of an old c o m m e r c i a l b u i l d - have the people to f i l l t h e m . ing.

"We have graduate s t u Since then the school has | dents w o r k i n g for the I n t e r moved twice, to l a r g e r a n d l n a l Revenue Service, and i n Cortez W . Peters i m p r o v e d quarters, and desk j m a n y other public and p r i and typing equipment alone' vate business situations," he on so m a n y jobs, we have now amounts to assets of; continued. " O u r students lost t r a c k of t h e m . " $67,000. I n addition, t w o have been the first Negroes " P R I M E PURPOSE of our schools," Cabaniss asserted, "is to t r a i n the Negro youth in the skills and fundamentals, methods and principals used to operate an office efficiently.

The school hires only college t r a i n e d instructors.

HOUSEWIVES AND MOTHERS make up the bulk o f students at Cortez W . Peters Business College of Chicago. Thousands of women graduates hove found careers in the constantly growing business world.

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a n d M r s . M a r y H o b b s . M r s . that this w a s not t r u e . " S h e J a c q u e l i n e A m e s w a s t hsea i d s h e would testify f o r w i t h J u d g e C o l e m a n on J u l y j u r o r w h o w a s d i s m i s s e d for the p r i s o n e r s a t probation 6. illness during the trial. hearings.

A t that t i m e , they p r e H a r t , h o w e v e r , d i d not quote M r s . H i n d s w a s quoted a s s e n t e d h i m w i t h a s i g n e d lettheir r e m a r k s over T V . saying that s h e believed ter i n w h i c h they s a i d i t s Byrne r e p o r t e d l y " j u s t i c e w a s not done b e " p r i m a r y p u r p o s e " w a s to M r s . r e q u e s t that i n the d e t e r m i - s t a t e d that the " p r e s s u r e of c a u s e of i n t o l e r a n c e . " H a r t s t a t e d that Judge nation of the fate of the c o n - t i m e a n d the c o m p l e x i t y of case induced some Coleman had confirmed r e v i c t e d m e n " a l l possible the l e n i e n c y . . . be extended to w r o n g d e c i s i o n s . " S h e c e i p t of the l e t t e r . a d d e d : " I do not think j u s He also included i n h i s them." t a l k a footnote to the t r i a l . tice w a s d o n e . " T h e letter also m e n t i o n e d H e s a i d one of the j u r o r s Mrs. Magaris reportedly " c o n f l i c t i n g t e s t i m o n y , proh a d apologized to defense ats t a t e d that s h e thought that vocative circumstances and that t w o of t h e the i n d e s c r e t i o n of m o s t l y " b e i n g shot a n u m b e r of t o r n e y s ; j u r o r s h a v e since h a d their t i m e s w a s quite a b i t of a l l p a r t i e s i n the t r i a l " a n d phones disconnected; that s a i d t h a t i t w a s " d i f f i c u l t if p i m i s h m e n t i n i t s e l f . " not i m p o s s i b l e f o r u s to a l - O n e j u r o r , M r s . D o n n a H u - one i s t a k i n g a long r e c u p e r w a y s m a i n t a i n t h e highest b e r , w h o d i d n o t s i g n t h ea t i v e t r i p ; a n d that another r e p o r t s that h e r m a r r i a g e i s d e g r e e of c o m p r e h e n s i o n . " letter, d i d , however, comT b r e a k i n g up.

D i s c l o s u r e of t h e l e t t e r ' s p l a i n about t h e " p r e s s u r e " existence w a s m a d e b y a n d being " h u r r i e d . " A n n e w s c a s t e r J o h n H a r t i n h i s other s a i d that there w a s Told to Hire Negroes Special T V Report. " n o outside p r e s s u r e " b u t A s the imion h e a d s pledged T h e r e g u l a r m e m b e r s of that s h e j u s t " w a n t e d light to open t h e i r m e m b e r s h i p s the j u r y w h o s i g n e d the let- s e n t e n c e s . " a n d a p p r e n t i c e s h i p s i n the t e r to J u d g e C o l e m a n w e r e S t i l l another c o m m e n t e d building c o n s t r u c t i o n t r a d e s M r s . L u c i l l e G . J o n e s , M r s . that s h e thought that a p e r - to m o r e N e g r o e s , 400 C h i J o s e p h i n e B y r n e a n d M r s .s o n ' s m e r e p r e s e n c e a t thec a g o a r e a c o n t r a c t o r s w e r e Y v o n n e M a g a r i s . T h e a l t e r - site m a d e t h e m guilty a n d d i r e c t e d to h i r e m o r e N e g r o n a t e s w e r e M r s . H e l e n H i n d s that s h e " f o u n d out too late a p p r e n t i c e s .

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By Dr. Leo P. McCollum A s a p r a c t i c i n g dentist, the p r e s i d e n t of S p e c i a l t y P r o m o t i o n s C o . , I n c . , i m p o r t e r s of A k b a r the A f r i c a n Coffee, I s l a m i c l i t e r a t u r e a n d A f r i c a n wood c a r v i n g s a n d a long-time follower of the H o n o r a b l e E l i j a h M u h a m m a d , I h a v e often longed to t r a v e l a n d v i s i t the c o u n t r i e s of other people.

A f e w m o n t h s ago, p r e s s - and R o m e , but, a s a b l a c k ing b u s i n e s s p r o b l e m s a n d m a n , m y thoughts h a d been potential b u s i n e s s opportuni- t u r n e d to A f r i c a a n d A s i a . ties, s t e m m i n g f r o m m y for- P r i o r to m y h a v i n g a c c e p t e d eign c o n t a c t s , m a d e u p m ythe t e a c h i n g s of the Honorm i n d for m e — a n d the d e c i - able E l i j a h M u h a m m a d , m y sion to t r a v e l to A f r i c a a n d tour p r o b a b l y would h a v e A s i a b e c a m e a r e a l i t y . M ybeen of E u r o p e , t h e w h i t e i t i n e r a r y i n c l u d e d P a r i s , m a n ' s l a n d . B u t now a b u r n R o m e , L a g o s , N i g e r i a ; N a i - ing fire of i m p a t i e n c e a n d c u robi, K e n y a ; C a i r o , E g y p t ; riosity to s e e the l a n d s a n d L a h o r e , P a k i s t a n ; N e w D e l - people of m y forefathers h a d h i , I n d i a ; Hong K o n g a n d been k i n d l e d i n m e .

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I n population it tion a s the p l a n e r o a r e d into p i c t u r e that h a s been taught r a n k s t e n t h a m o n g t h e the s k y , d e s t i n a t i o n — L a g o s , to the b l a c k m a n h e r e i n c i t i e s of the w o r l d . I spent N i g e r i a .

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A Fair Trial nedy, who cam refute these facts. Pi like to hear from them . . ."

S0»ASSERTS New Orleans' eminent c r i m inal lawyer, E a r l J . Amedee, among whose endless chain of clients i s one of the 20 Negroes now awaiting death i n Louisiana's " B a s t i l l e " — t h i s state's notorious Angola prison, which bears appropriately, the same name as the Portuguese colony i n Africa where 75,000 blacks have been exterminated within the past year.

Angola's prison record i s net yet ttat high — b u t its ration of Negroes legally murdered over whites bears a pecnliar r e semblance to Portugal's "operatiea extermination."

Despite such a stark and grim climate, Amedee recently ran for Governor of Louisiana—not because he thought he could beat the white supremacy power bloc, but because he wanted to arouse the Negro population to fight for their own representation. " N O G R A N D J U R Y venire and no petit jury has ever been selected here i n accordance with provisions of due process of l a w and equal protection of the laws which a r e guaranteed to all citizens regardless of race, color or creed by the 14th amendment," Amedee says.

The astute attorney, whose bitterest opponents regard as the outstanding student of Louisiana's laws which require capital punishment, noticed a New Y o r k Times r e port of the 24 current inmates of Angola's Death Row which read:

"The Death Row occupants are never taken from their cells, they never touch foot to ground, they never get out of the 9 by 6 foot rooms even for exercise. They see only members of their immediate families, the chaplains of the prison or their attorneys."

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Of 2 4 men mm facing the death penalty in Louisiana, 20 are Negroes.

They are as follows: Edg» Labat, Emile Weston, Clifton Alton Poret, Andrew Jackson Scott, Eugene Scott, Jr., Woodman J. Collins, Ora Lee Rogers, Lester Newton, Isaac Peart, Emmett Henderson, Roosevelt Hughes, Henry HUl {all sentenced to death for alleged rape of white women).

Thomas Gains, Edward Davis, Freddy Embanks, Harold Dottier, MiuhM Brawn, Joseph Jenkins, Maurice Bickham (all sentenced to death for alleged killing of white persons).

Lament at a Creole Lawyer NEW ORLEANS— "In the long and sordid history of this white supremacy state no Negro has ever had a fair or impartial trial.

"I ought to know.

"I've practiced criminal law here most of my life. I've seen black men doomed to die on evidence that wouldn't put a white man in jail for a day.

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Wilbert Augustine, sentenced to death for rape of a Negro woman, was transferred to East Louisiana State Hospital for the insane.

grading system of " j u s U c e " Uiat prevails i n Tjinfeipna and throughout Uie South. *Tt i s further example of the udittemEin's inhumanity to h i s black fellowman; i t I s fiuUier indictment of the system of laws whifdi have been on the statute books of Tdwrisiana since the days of slavery, before the Kmancipation Proclamation."

Of tee 26 Negroes under death sentence, Amedee points out, all except one, Roosevdt H ^ ^ e s , i s r e p r e s n t e d by white eoonsd.

Hughes te represrated by Amedee.

"The trouble with the kind of 'representation' usually given Negro clients by white l a w y e r s , " says Amedee, " i s that the white lawyers dare not raise all of the various civil tights issues and defenses.

"HE R E F U S E S to attack the inhuman ^ m Crow which railroads bis clients to the death row fox fear he will be ostricized by the Yriiite community. , " A s a result, the black client pays the white lawyer for practically no defense whatsoever . . . " I n the case my client, Hughes, I raised fm.the first time in the history of the State vi Louisiana, the proposition that " I n LouteM l y Negroes die for r a p e . " Amedee dontends that the law " i s applied and administered by public authority with an evil eye and an unequal hand, so a s practically to make unjust and illegal discriminations between person in similar circumstances material to rights, the denial of equal protection is still within the prohibition of the Cmstitation." " I T I S O U R conclusion that in view of the factors herein mentioned, we have borne onr contentian that no Negro in a Capital case has ever had a fair trial in L o u i s i a n a . " Amedee conclndes.

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What Muslims

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T h i s is the question a s k e d most frequently by both the whites a n d the b l a c k s . T h e a n s w e r s to this question I s h a l l state a s s i m p l y a s possible.

1. W e w a n t f r e e d o m . We w a n t a full a n d complete f r e e d o m .

2. We w a n t j u s t i c e . E q u a l j u s t i c e u n d e r the l a w . We w a n t j u s t i c e applied e q u a l l y to a l l , r e g a r d l e s s of c r e e d or c l a s s or color.

3. We w a n t equality of opportunity. W e w a n t e q u a l m e m b e r s h i p in society w i t h the best i n c i v i l i z e d s o c i e t y .

4. We w a n t our people i n A m e r i c a whose p a r e n t s or g r a n d p a r e n t s w e r e d e s c e n d a n t s f r o m s l a v e s , to be a l l o w e d to e s t a b l i s h a s e p a r a t e state or t e r r i t o r y of t h e i r o w n ^ either on this continent or e l s e w h e r e . W e believe that our f o r m e r s l a v e m a s t e r s a r e obligated to provide s u c h l a n d a n d that the a r e a m u s t be fertile a n d m i n e r a l l y r i c h . W e believe that our f o r m e r s l a v e m a s t e r s a r e obligated to m a i n t a i n a n d supply our needs i n this s e p a r a t e t e r r i t o r y for the n e x t 20 to 25 y e a r s — until w e a r e able to produce a n d supply our own n e e d s .

S i n c e w e cannot get along w i t h t h e m i n p e a c e a n d equality, after giving t h e m 400 y e a r s of o u r s w e a t a n d blood a n d r e c e i v i n g in r e t u r n s o m e of the w o r s t t r e a t m e n t h u m a n beings h a v e e v e r e x p e r i e n c e d , w e believe our contributions to this l a n d a n d the suffering forced upon us by white A m e r i c a , justifies o u r d e m a n d for complete s e p a r a t i o n in a state or t e r r i t o r y of o u r o w n .

5. W e w a n t f r e e d o m for a l l B e l i e v e r s of I s l a m now held in f e d e r a l p r i s o n s . W e w a n t f r e e d o m for a l l b l a c k m e n a n d w o m e n now under death sentence in innumerable prisons in the N o r t h a s w e l l a s the South.

We want every black m a n and woman to h a v e the freedom to a c c e p t or r e j e c t being s e p a r a t e d f r o m the s l a v e m a s t e r ' s c h i l d r e n a n d e s t a b l i s h a l a n d of t h e i r o w n .

W e know that the a b o v e p l a n for the solution of the b l a c k a n d white conflict i s the best a n d only a n s w e r to the p r o b l e m between two people.

6. W e w a n t a n i m m e d i a t e end to the police b r u t a l i t y a n d mob a t t a c k s a g a i n s t the s o - c a l l e d N e g r o throughout the U n i t e d S t a t e s .

W e b e l i e v e that the F e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t should i n t e r c e d e to s e e that b l a c k m e n a n d w o m e n t r i e d i n white c o u r t s r e c e i v e j u s t i c e in a c c o r d a n c e w i t h the l a w s of the l a n d — or allow us to build a n e w nation for ours e l v e s , d e d i c a t e d to j u s t i c e , f r e e d o m a n d liberty.

7. A s long a s w e a r e not a l l o w e d to est a b l i s h a state or t e r r i t o r y of o u r o w n , w e d e m a n d not only e q u a l j u s t i c e u n d e r the l a w s of the U n i t e d S t a t e s , but e q u a l e m p l o y m e n t opportunities—NOW! W e do not b e l i e v e that after 400 y e a r s of free o r n e a r l y free labor, s w e a t a n d blood, w h i c h h a s helped A m e r i c a b e c o m e r i c h a n d powerful, that so m a n y thousands of b l a c k people should h a v e to subsist on relief, c h a r ity or l i v e i n poor houSes. 8. W e w a n t the g o v e r n m e n t of the U n i t e d S t a t e s to e x e m p t o u r people f r o m A L L t a x a tion a s long a s w e a r e d e p r i v e d of e q u a l j u s t i c e u n d e r the l a w s of the l a n d .

9. W e w a n t e q u a l education — but sepa r a t e schools up to 16 for boys a n d 18 for g i r l s on the condition that the g i r l s be sent to w o m e n ' s colleges a n d u n i v e r s i t i e s . We w a n t a l l b l a c k c h i l d r e n e d u c a t e d , taught a n d t r a i n e d by t h e i r o w n t e a c h e r s .

U n d e r s u c h schooling s y s t e m w e believe w e w i l l m a k e a better nation of people. T h e

U n i t e d States g o v e r n m e n t should p r o v i d e , free, a l l n e c e s s a r y text books a n d equipment, schools a n d college buildings. T h e M u s l i m t e a c h e r s s h a l l be left free to t e a c h a n d t r a i n their people i n the w a y of righteousness, dec e n c y a n d self r e s p e c t .

10. We believe that i n t e r m a r r i a g e or r a c e m i x i n g should be prohibited. W e w a n t the religion of I s l a m taught without h i n d e r a n c e or s u p p r e s s i o n .

T h e s e a r e s o m e of the things that w e , the M u s l i m s , w a n t for our people i n North A m e r i ca.

What I

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1. W E B E L I E V E i n the One G o d Whose proper N a m e i s A l l a h .

2. W E B E L I E V E i n the Holy Q u r a - a n a n d in the S c r i p t u r e s of a l l the P r o p h e t s of God. 3. W E B E L I E V E i n the truth ble, but w e believe that it h a s been with a n d m u s t be r e i n t e r p r e t e d so k i n d w i l l not be s n a r e d by the that h a v e been a d d e d to i t .

of the B i tampered that m a n falsehoods

4. W E B E L I E V E i n A l l a h ' s P r o p h e t s a n d the S c r i p t u r e s they brought to the people.

5. W E B E L I E V E i n the r e s u r r e c t i o n of the d e a d — n o t i n p h y s i c a l r e s u r r e c t i o n — b u t in m e n t a l r e s u r r e c t i o n . W e believe that the s o - c a l l e d N e g r o e s a r e most i n need of m e n t a l r e s u r r e c t i o n ; therefore, they w i l l be r e s u r rected first.

F u r t h e r m o r e , w e believe w e a r e the people of G o d ' s c h o i c e , a s it h a s been w r i t t e n , that G o d would choose the r e j e c t e d a n d the d e s p i s e d . We c a n find no other persons fitting this d e s c r i p t i o n in these last d a y s m o r e t h a n the s o - c a l l e d N e g r o e s i n A m e r i c a . W e b e l i e v e i n the r e s u r r e c t i o n of the righteous.

6. W E B E L I E V E i n the j u d g e m e n t ; w e b e l i e v e this first j u d g e m e n t w i l l take p l a c e , as God revealed, in A m e r i c a . . . .

7. W E B E L I E V E this is the time i n h i s tory for the s e p a r a t i o n of the s o - c a l j e d N e groes a n d the s o - c a l l e d white A m e r i c a n s .

W e believe the b l a c k m a n should be freed i n n a m e a s w e l l a s i n fact. B y this w e m e a n that he should be freed f r o m the n a m e s i m posed upon h i m by his f o r m e r s l a v e m a s t e r s .

N a m e s w h i c h identified h i m a s being the s l a v e m a s t e r ' s s l a v e . We believe that if w e are free indeed, w e should go i n o u r o w n people's n a m e s — t h e blac kpeoples of the earth.

8. W E B E L I E V E i n j u s t i c e for a l l , w h e t h e r i n G o d or not; w e b e l i e v e a s others, that w e a r e due e q u a l j u s t i c e a s h u m a n beings. W e believe i n e q u a l i t y — a s a n a t i o n — of e q u a l s . We do not believe that w e a r e e q u a l w i t h our s l a v e m a s t e r s i n the s t a t u s of " f r e e d s l a v e s . " W e recognize a n d r e s p e c t A m e r i c a n jcitizens a s independent peoples a n d w e r e s p e c t their l a w s w h i c h govern this n a t i o n .

9. W E B E L I E V E that the offer of integration is h y p o c r i t i c a l a n d is m a d e by those who a r e t r y i n g to d e c e i v e the b l a c k peoples into believing that their 400-year-old open e n e m i e s of f r e e d o m , j u s t i c e a n d e q u a l i t y a r e , a i l of a sudden, their " f r i e n d s . " F u r t h e r m o r e , w e believe that s u c h deception i s i n tended to p r e v e n t b l a c k people f r o m r e a l i z i n g that the time i n history h a s a r r i v e d for the s e p a r a t i o n f r o m the whites of this n a t i o n .

I f the white people a r e truthful about their professed friendship t o w a r d the soc a l l e d Negro, they c a n p r o v e it by d i v i d i n g up A m e r i c a w i t h t h e i r s ' p - e s .

W e do not believe t n a i A m e r i c a w i l l e v e r

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be able to f u r n i s h enough jobs for h e r o w n millions of u n e m p l o y e d , i n addition to jobs for the 20,000,000 b l a c k people a s w e l l .

10. W E B E L I E V E that w e who d e c l a r e d o u r s e l v e s to be righeous M u s l i m s , should not p a r t i c i p a t e i n w a r s w h i c h t a k e s the l i v e s of h u m a n s . We do not b e l i e v e this nation should force us to t a k e p a r t i n s u c h w a r s , for w e h a v e nothing to g a i n from it u n l e s s A m e r i c a a g r e e s to give us the n e c e s s a r y t e r r i t o r y w h e r e i n w e m a y h a v e something to fight for.

11. W E B E L I E V E o u r w o m e n should be r e s p e c t e d a n d protected a s the w o m e n of other nationalities a r e r e s p e c t e d a n d protected.

12. W E B E L I E V E that A l l a h ( G o d ) a p p e a r e d i n the P e r s o n of M a s t e r W . F a r d M u h a m m a d , J u l y , 1930; the l o n g - a w a i t e d " M e s s i a h " of the C h r i s t i a n s a n d the " M a h d i " of the M u s l i m s .

We believe further a n d l a s t l y that A l l a h is G o d a n d besides H I M there is no G o d a n d He w i l l bring about a u n i v e r s a l g o v e r n m e n t of p e a c e w h e r e i n w e a l l c a n l i v e i n p e a c e together.

I n v i e w of the tenor of the t i m e s , with N e g r o e s struggling a l l a c r o s s the nation for e q u a l rights, the h i s t o r i c prog r a m f i r s t p r e s e n t e d by the Honorable E l i j a h M u h a m m a d on S u n d a y , J u l y 15, 1962, i n C h i c a g o ' s M c C o r m i c k P l a c e i s of s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t a n d benefit to N e groes.