Tag Archives: Elijah Muhammad

cargo cult: trek with the millenarian movement

Cargo cults. In times of stress, look for the prophets of an earthly paradise. A sense of deprivation gives birth to the cult. Its driving force: religious fervor and the superhuman agency. Its end: the destruction of the cult or … Continue reading

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family feud

by Art Chantry: we really really need to start laughing in the face of this sort of thing. this is ridiculous, isn’t it? i mean, SERIOUSLY, dudes? change the name on the bus to ‘teabagger’ and then think again.honesty in … Continue reading

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the enemy of my enemy is my …..

Islam seemed to offer an outlet to express the sense of rage at a white Christian America, a found repair that could welcome the alienated and disenfranchised; a means of sheltering the need for radical change. Beyong the exoticism, ritual … Continue reading

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crescent moon fever

“The earth is our promised land” as Malcolm X instructed his followers, ” and we are going to take some of it.” The concept was the Black man was the original man; he is the wisest, most powerful, most beautiful. … Continue reading

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X-factor: malcom in the middle east

Jesse Marinoff Reyes ( Jesse Marinoff Reyes Design, Maplewood, N.J.) Malik Shabazz, aka Malcolm X (1925-1965) This issue of the Saturday Evening Post excerpts The Autobiography of Malcolm X (“I’m Talking To You, White Man”) and in photographs chronicles X’s … Continue reading

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