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NATION OFNATION OF

ISLAMISLAM

THE NATION OF THE NATION OF ISLAM-FOUNDED BY ISLAM-FOUNDED BY WALLACE FARD IN WALLACE FARD IN 19301930

JUXTAPOSED JUXTAPOSED GARVEY’S MILITANT GARVEY’S MILITANT BLACK NATIONALISM BLACK NATIONALISM WITH NOBLE DREW WITH NOBLE DREW ALI’S ISLAMIC ALI’S ISLAMIC THEOLOGYTHEOLOGY

TALKED OF ASIATIC TALKED OF ASIATIC BLACK MEN WHO BLACK MEN WHO RULED THE EARTH RULED THE EARTH UNCHALLENGED FOR UNCHALLENGED FOR 76 TRILLION YEARS76 TRILLION YEARS

SAID AFRICAN AMERICANS COULD OBTAIN SAID AFRICAN AMERICANS COULD OBTAIN SUCCESS THROUGH DISCIPLINE, RACIAL PRIDE, SUCCESS THROUGH DISCIPLINE, RACIAL PRIDE, KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, AND PHYSICAL KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, AND PHYSICAL SEPARATION FROM WHITE MEN.SEPARATION FROM WHITE MEN.

DISAPPEARED IN 1934DISAPPEARED IN 1934 REPLACED BY ELIJAH MUHAMMEDREPLACED BY ELIJAH MUHAMMED PURCHASED LAND IN DEEP SOUTHPURCHASED LAND IN DEEP SOUTH INVESTED IN BUSINESS VENTURESINVESTED IN BUSINESS VENTURES CREATED OWN PARAMILITARY FORCECREATED OWN PARAMILITARY FORCE ADVISED BLACK MEN TO NOT REGISTER FOR ADVISED BLACK MEN TO NOT REGISTER FOR

DRAFT DURING WWII-WAS CHARGED WITH DRAFT DURING WWII-WAS CHARGED WITH VIOLATING SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT-JAILED FROM VIOLATING SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT-JAILED FROM 1942 TO 19461942 TO 1946

DESCRIBED AFRICAN AMERICANS AS CHOSEN DESCRIBED AFRICAN AMERICANS AS CHOSEN PEOPLEPEOPLE

URGED ADOPTION OF RELIGON BASED ON URGED ADOPTION OF RELIGON BASED ON WORSHIP OF ALLAHWORSHIP OF ALLAH

CALLED FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE CALLED FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE NATION FOR AFRICAN AMERICANSNATION FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS

ELIJAH ELIJAH MUHAMMED’S MUHAMMED’S STAR CONVERT TO STAR CONVERT TO THE NATION OF THE NATION OF ISLAM, NOW BEING ISLAM, NOW BEING REFERRED TO AS REFERRED TO AS THE BLACK THE BLACK MUSLIMS, WAS MUSLIMS, WAS MALCOLM LITTLE-MALCOLM LITTLE-KNOWN AS KNOWN AS MALCOLM XMALCOLM X

NUMBERS NUMBERS INCREASED IN INCREASED IN 1950’S AND 60’S1950’S AND 60’S

BORN MALCOLM LITTLE-MAY 19, 1925BORN MALCOLM LITTLE-MAY 19, 1925 1940-DROPS OUT OF SCHOOL1940-DROPS OUT OF SCHOOL 1946-CONVICTED OF BURGLARY-PRISON 1946-CONVICTED OF BURGLARY-PRISON

TIMETIME 1949-51-STUDIES NATION OF ISLAM1949-51-STUDIES NATION OF ISLAM 1952-DEDICATES SELF TO NATION OF 1952-DEDICATES SELF TO NATION OF

ISLAM-CHANGED NAME TO MALCOLM XISLAM-CHANGED NAME TO MALCOLM X 1958-MARRIES BETTY X1958-MARRIES BETTY X 1963-SUSPENDED FROM NATION OF ISLAM1963-SUSPENDED FROM NATION OF ISLAM 1964-STARTS MUSLIM MOSQUE, INC1964-STARTS MUSLIM MOSQUE, INC 1964-MAKES HIS HAJJ-BECOMES EL-HAJJ 1964-MAKES HIS HAJJ-BECOMES EL-HAJJ

MALIK AL-SHABAZZMALIK AL-SHABAZZ 1964-FORMS ORGANIZATION OF AFRO-1964-FORMS ORGANIZATION OF AFRO-

AMERICAN UNITYAMERICAN UNITY SPEAKS AT ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN SPEAKS AT ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN

UNITY IN CAIROUNITY IN CAIRO STATE DEPT AND JUSTICE DEPT NOTICE HIS STATE DEPT AND JUSTICE DEPT NOTICE HIS

INFLUENCE OF AFRICAN LEADERS AT U.N.INFLUENCE OF AFRICAN LEADERS AT U.N. 1965-ASSASSINATED IN NEW YORK1965-ASSASSINATED IN NEW YORK

““THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO PREPARE FOR THOSE WHO PREPARE FOR IT TODAY”IT TODAY”

““BE PEACEFUL, BE BE PEACEFUL, BE COURTEOUS,OBEY THE COURTEOUS,OBEY THE LAW, RESPECT EVERYONE; LAW, RESPECT EVERYONE; BUT IF SOMEONE PUTS HIS BUT IF SOMEONE PUTS HIS HAND ON YOU, SEND HIM HAND ON YOU, SEND HIM TO THE CEMETERY”TO THE CEMETERY”

“…“…..BY WHATEVER MEANS ..BY WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY”NECESSARY”

““USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE USUALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAD, THEY DON’T DO ARE SAD, THEY DON’T DO ANYTHING. THEY JUST CRY ANYTHING. THEY JUST CRY OVER THEIR CONDITION. OVER THEIR CONDITION. BUT WHEN THEY GET BUT WHEN THEY GET ANGRY, THEY BRING ANGRY, THEY BRING ABOUT A CHANGE”ABOUT A CHANGE”

MALCOLM X HAD INFLUENCE WITH MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, WHICH OFTEN WORRIED NOT ONLY THE GOVERNMENT, BUT MEMBERS OF HIS OWN GROUP.

INTERNAL JEALOUSY AND INTERNAL JEALOUSY AND REVELATIONS OF ELIJA MUHAMMED’S REVELATIONS OF ELIJA MUHAMMED’S SEXUAL IMMORALITY-MALCOLM X SEXUAL IMMORALITY-MALCOLM X LEFT BLACK MUSLIM ORGANIZTIONLEFT BLACK MUSLIM ORGANIZTION

MET DR. MAHMOUD YOUSSEF MET DR. MAHMOUD YOUSSEF SHAWARBI WHO TOLD HIM “NO MAN SHAWARBI WHO TOLD HIM “NO MAN BELIEVED PERFECTLY UNTIL HE BELIEVED PERFECTLY UNTIL HE WISHED FOR HIS BROTHER WHAT HE WISHED FOR HIS BROTHER WHAT HE WISHES FOR HIMSELF”WISHES FOR HIMSELF”

BORROWED MONEY FROM HIS BORROWED MONEY FROM HIS SISTER AND MADE A HAJJ-SISTER AND MADE A HAJJ-PILGRIMAGE TO MECCAPILGRIMAGE TO MECCA

““EVERY ONE OF THE EVERY ONE OF THE THOUSANDS AT THE THOUSANDS AT THE AIRPORT, ABOUT TO LEAVE AIRPORT, ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR JEDDAH, WAS FOR JEDDAH, WAS DRESSED THIS WAY. DRESSED THIS WAY. SOME POWERFUL SOME POWERFUL PERSONAGES HAD ON THE PERSONAGES HAD ON THE SAME THING I HAD ON. SAME THING I HAD ON. ONCE THUS DRESSED, WE ONCE THUS DRESSED, WE ALL BEGAN ALL BEGAN INTERMITTENLY CALLING INTERMITTENLY CALLING OUT “LABBAYKA OUT “LABBAYKA (ALLAHUMMA) LABBAYKA. (ALLAHUMMA) LABBAYKA. PACKED IN THE PLANE PACKED IN THE PLANE WERE WHITE, BLACK, WERE WHITE, BLACK, BROWN, RED AND YELLOW BROWN, RED AND YELLOW PEOPLE, BLUE EYES AND PEOPLE, BLUE EYES AND BLOND HAIR, AND MY BLOND HAIR, AND MY KINKY RED HAIR—ALL KINKY RED HAIR—ALL TOGETHER, BROTHERS. TOGETHER, BROTHERS. ALL HONORING THE SAME ALL HONORING THE SAME GOD, ALL IN TURN GIVING GOD, ALL IN TURN GIVING EQUAL HONOR TO EACH EQUAL HONOR TO EACH OTHER.OTHER.

THE AWAKENING OF MALCOLM THE AWAKENING OF MALCOLM XX

WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE TRUE WHEN CONFRONTED WITH THE TRUE MUSLIM WAYS, HIS ATTITUDE BEGAN TO MUSLIM WAYS, HIS ATTITUDE BEGAN TO CHANGE.CHANGE.

RECEIVED RESPECT AND RECOGNITION RECEIVED RESPECT AND RECOGNITION FROM ALL RACESFROM ALL RACES

““THE TRUE ISLAM SHOWED ME THAT A THE TRUE ISLAM SHOWED ME THAT A BLANKET INDICMENT OF ALL WHITE BLANKET INDICMENT OF ALL WHITE PEOPLE IS AS WRONG AS WHEN WHITES PEOPLE IS AS WRONG AS WHEN WHITES MAKE A BLANKET INDICMENT OF BLACKS, MAKE A BLANKET INDICMENT OF BLACKS, I WILL NEVE BE GUILTY OF THAT AGAIN”I WILL NEVE BE GUILTY OF THAT AGAIN”

THE NEW MESSAGETHE NEW MESSAGEPOST HAJJPOST HAJJ

““SINCE I LEARNED THE TRUTH IN MECCA, MY DEARIST FRIENDS HAVE COME TO INCLUDE SINCE I LEARNED THE TRUTH IN MECCA, MY DEARIST FRIENDS HAVE COME TO INCLUDE ALL KINDS—SOME CHRISTIANS, JEWS, BUDDHISTS, HINDUS, AGNOSTICS, AND EVEN SOME ALL KINDS—SOME CHRISTIANS, JEWS, BUDDHISTS, HINDUS, AGNOSTICS, AND EVEN SOME ATHIESTS. I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE CALLED CAPIALISTS, SOCIALISTS AND COMMUNISTS. ATHIESTS. I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE CALLED CAPIALISTS, SOCIALISTS AND COMMUNISTS. SOME OF MY FRIENDS ARE MODERATES, CONSERVATIVES, EXTREMISTS—SOME ARE EVEN SOME OF MY FRIENDS ARE MODERATES, CONSERVATIVES, EXTREMISTS—SOME ARE EVEN UNCLE TOMS. MY FRIENDS TODY ARE BLACK, BROWN, RED, YELLOW AND WHITE.UNCLE TOMS. MY FRIENDS TODY ARE BLACK, BROWN, RED, YELLOW AND WHITE.

WAS MOVING CLOSER TO M.L.K.WAS MOVING CLOSER TO M.L.K. FEB. 21, 1965-ASSASSINATED BY 3FEB. 21, 1965-ASSASSINATED BY 3 BLACK MEN.BLACK MEN. 3 MONTHS SHY OF 40-THE AGE OF3 MONTHS SHY OF 40-THE AGE OF MATURITY ACCORDING TO THE QUR’ANMATURITY ACCORDING TO THE QUR’AN

ELIJA MUHAMMAD DIED IN 1975ELIJA MUHAMMAD DIED IN 1975 PLACE WAS TAKEN BY SON-PLACE WAS TAKEN BY SON-

WALLACE(LATER WARITH DEEN WALLACE(LATER WARITH DEEN MUHAMMAD)MUHAMMAD)

PREACHED FAR LESS INFLAMMATORY PREACHED FAR LESS INFLAMMATORY FORM OF ISLAMFORM OF ISLAM

MOVED TOWARD SUNNI PRACTICESMOVED TOWARD SUNNI PRACTICES RENAMED WORLD COMMUNITY OF RENAMED WORLD COMMUNITY OF

ISLAM IN THE WEST AND OPENED TO ISLAM IN THE WEST AND OPENED TO ALL RACESALL RACES

IN 1977-GROUP IN 1977-GROUP BROKE OFF UNDER BROKE OFF UNDER LOUIS FARRAKHANLOUIS FARRAKHAN

BECAME NATION OF BECAME NATION OF ISLAM-RETURNED TO ISLAM-RETURNED TO STYLE OF ELIJA STYLE OF ELIJA MUHAMMADMUHAMMAD

RIVALRY ENDED IN200RIVALRY ENDED IN200 MUHAMMAD REIGNED MUHAMMAD REIGNED

AS HEAD OF AS HEAD OF AMERICAN SOCIETY AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MUSLIMSOF MUSLIMS

CREDITSCREDITS

THE AUTOBIOGRAPY OF MALCOLM X THE AUTOBIOGRAPY OF MALCOLM X AS TOLD TO ALEX HALEYAS TOLD TO ALEX HALEY

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