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KUP: . ; Can you tell us what, more specifically, the programs ‘they ~ have clained to — AUBREY: Yes, Well, “one of the reasons “why I joined the Black Muslim movement was because I thought it was an . organization that stood for a lot. of ideals that I could uphold, And this was the idea of moral uplifting. I thought they had a program for improving the moral climate in the Negro community, & program for reforming juvenile delinquents and for preventing dope addiction and so forth, I thought that they had a program of economic upliftment. I thought they had an educational program and after being in.the movement for some time, I finally left the movement in disgust because the Muslims, while they | ae - : publicly pronounced they had — these programs, they had never put them into practice and it is my conclusion now that they don't intend to put them into practice, | KUP: Now, after you announced that you were leaving the Black Muslims ' or the Mosque in Boston, Mozque Number 11, this is when you suffered that beating which you att.ibuted to your defection? AUBREY: ' No, I had left the Mogque in . 1963, in November of 1963, and I didn't suffer this beating until about a year later. I thought. that I could forgst about the Muslins, the Black Muslia Movement Fn ree ee a “ee cme eee ete Sep nie Wane ede gm Sm Np WR Ee erp Seer erie ote * Ns