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Black Journal, Ep. 23 (1970-04-27)
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Black Journal cameras traveled to Chicago, Illinois, to film an exclusive interview with the leader of the Black Muslims, Elijah Muhammad at this home. Host Lou House talks to Muhammad about the origins of the Muslims in America. We started in 19 and 31. Actually we are not organizers of Islam, it was God himself in the person of Master Farat Mushammad who taught me Islam John Woodford, editor of Muhammad Speaks tells of the scope of the paper. We focus on all news affecting black people whom we consider to be average people in the so-called third world. The shade differentiations, you know, black, brow, red, yellow, we ignore, since whites ignore this kind of differentiation among them. As for employment on the paper, Woodford says Muslim Speaks supplies Muslim and non-muslim Brothers with jobs and on-the-job-trainng. Another aspect of Muslim self-development is education through the University of Islam school system like the one in Chicago under the director of Sister Beverly X. Our school population in the University of Islam and the children of Chicago is approximately 600 students. This goes from kindergarten which starts at the age of four through high school, she says. The p…
Directors & creators
Thirteen - New York Public Media (WNET)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Black Journal, Elijah Muhammad, Lou House, John Woodford, Beverly X, John Ali, Master Fard Muhammad, Amiri Baraka, Max Roach, Abbey Lincoln, Nation of Islam, Committee for Unified Newark, University of Islam, Newark mayoral election 1970, Ken Gibson, Black political power, voter registration drives, Black self-determination
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