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Malcolm X — Part 32
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MR. MALCOLM X
"The Resurrection of the Dead”
MESSENGER MUHAMMAD
has taught us how we (so-call-
ed Negroes) eventually became
like the Begerar, Lazarus, of
the Bible «(Luke 176:20': Our
condition became sickening
(very soret. We sal here amid
the rubbish of the Western
World, at the feet (er cater of
the rich white Christians heg-
iging for something (civil rights)
fo fali from their table. But
‘from this same Slavemaster
‘whom are foreparents had
made rich (by giving him free-
ly of their Slave labour for near-
ly 400 sears... Gen. 15:13, we
freceived only the hardest and
idirtiest) jobs af the lowest
iwages; the pourest houses in
the slim areas at the highest
rent; te poorest food and cloih-
ing at the highest prices, Our
schools weer like shacks, and)
were staffed by teachers who
knew and could teach only that!
which ihe Sla.emaster dictated ,
lo them.
MESSENGER MUHAMMAD
has taught us how we tso-call-
ed Negroes! were KIDNAPPED
from the East by the while
Christian Slavemaster, brought
to Ametica in chains and rob-
hed! Robbed of our own God,
and Tfie Teachings—our lang-
“* By MR. MALCOLM X_
~ a
*
God's Angry Men |
| uage — ¢ulture -—— flag — Holy
| names — and nationality. After
\robbing us of all these we
could originally call aur own,
then the Slavemaster taught
us to call ourselves “Negroes.”
Telling us that this was so be-
cause he had brought us from
along the banks of the Niger
River, MESSENGER MUHAM-
MAD asks us today: “Since
when does one’s nationality
, originate from a mver?” This
same wicked Slavemaster
| taught us that “Negro” means
' “black” in Spanish. MESSENG-
“ER MUHAMMAD again asks Hs,
Why is it that all of the dark,
‘Spanish speaking people in
Spain, South and Central Amer-
‘ica do not accept if (Negra as
l their nationality. ten?” MES-
, SENGER MUHAMMAD sa¥s
that we, too, should get our
| NATIONALITY from the NA-
1 TION of which eur foreparents
‘ originated—as do all other rec-
ognizea peoples, MESSENGER
MUHAMMAD teaches ws hew
the Bible says we were piir-
posely cut off from our own
kind afler being robbed of aur
Videntity by the erue) Christian
'Slavemaster (Ezek. 3.41:
I Psalms 834, Psalms 137:1-9)-
MESSENGER MUHAMMAD
says the Slavemaster took our
myn pames, Janguage and re-
Hgion from ous. sa that we
I would then have to accepr his,
Pohes him. and worship him.
tDaniel 1:6-7!.
MESSENGRE MUHAMMAD
| has given us many scriptures
Ito prose that his teachings to
tus are true and in accord with
‘the prophevies of the Bible. He
;says i ix we (so called
Negroes! jn Amenwa whe were
tebhbed and made deaf. din.)
“and biind ta the hnewledce of
aur own Got and of our mn
selves: sa that today — We aie
j lke DRY BONES IN THE VAL-
ILEY (spiritually dead, in the
erave of ignerance). Wei are
lnow able te speak only the
j Siavemaster’s tongue. and are
still being called the same
“clave names” given bw the
Slavemasier ta our fathers, dur-
ling slavery times ames
Best Copy Avalek/le_
Loe Angeles Hergld-Dispa toh
daly 10,- 1958
Maloolm I
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