Jackson advocate., 1962-08-25
PAGE SEVEN

I0AlB Ino Aut0foUo H1ody 4
II submit that this k3pd Of
analysis ,SAn and ought ~
brought u bear on moro than
the American Muslim movement,
, as for example Nsrre
churches. dotting nles black pep
PER every city and many . town:
store fronts, Easements inoom.
plete, and the ghostiy. 9ftsn d.
5spidated semi-cathedrais left by
whites. running from tn black
tide. Here the rnatxSty OF the
Negro churcA-goins masses as
semble across the nation to hear
preaching designed to move them
make them shout; gospsI
songs to make them shout. Prayer
10 make them shout And
they SHOUT They SHOUT.
somstimss into, pandemonium.
with their teen-agers. often join-
tng In. And then. having no con,
structive outlet for this floodtide
Of emotion. let loose by manip.
ulaive emotional artists. they
mate promiscuously. often un-
timely. often illegitimateiy
They cut and bruise each other
They wander the streets
drunk, loosing stream of vulgar
ity. They marry too early and
separate too early.
TOO MANY CHURCHES
This / trace back to the all
too-many Negro Churches. con.
ceived In emotion and sustained
by emotion and calling down the
wrath of God on any who dare
criticise their method. In these
kinds of churches, the members
always stay humble and poor and
believing, while the leaders grow
sleek and rich This is
EXPLOITATION 80
"The white man has exploited
the Negro :. suppressed him
. and oppressed him. 1t is one
Of times great tragedies 1t
is the ndelible strain on western
But does he
stand alone GUILTY Some
Negro preachers have and do -.
Some Negro politicians :. Some
Negro business men Some
fraternity orders -. Some Ne
gro newspapers Some OF
every body who has had the
chance. For selfishness. greed.
cleverness know no color line.
There has been some hope in
the last twenty years some
achievements 1. thai oppressed
peoples everywhere across the
globe are awakening. And, that
Negroes, too, are getting wise to
he charlatans the fakes
among them. They are gradually
slowly. but surely turning
away from them repudiatinR
he exploiters. both white and
black. and are thinking for them
!, yes. They think, and /, too.
-. (don't you?) that they
nave HAD ENOUGH No
'ne thing has brought this abou,
-. A little here A little
here =. +. all in the grand de.
sign Of God have created
hese winds of change.
MAN
COME NOW THE American
Nuslims, commonly called the
Black Muslims. with their Mes
;enger Muhammad BRINGING
He is the
greatest man who ever lived? +.
His word is the only very truth
spoken today? His reign
# righteousness. you preach. puts
he black man in the saddle, and
very other race walking.
Do you, Minister Malcolm,
eally believe this? Is this SAL
JATION or EXPLOITATION?
Note:
1. Is your movement more
han but the cry of angry young
men and tired old men having
social circumstance
Is platform for cheap eminence,
where the clever rise to power.
md play a stuck record to the
,redulous masses? Basic education
If the masses, you don't seem to
Rea~on?
1t is noted that while you have
the white mans last
name, preterring x. the leaders
n the movement especially, have
not repudiated the Hickey-Free-
nan Hart Schaffner & Marx
suits . s.. nor the name brand
shoes and shirts +. Nor do
you seek tents to live in when
you enter a town, but the best
hotels, and down town. Why not
i've among the black people, pay
ng for your board and fare In
some humble abode where some
black father with his
brood of children might benefit ?
Why give so much for q nights
odging to the Statler chain 80.
conrad Hilton. ct al?
.ARBLED INTERPRETATION
2. Why let us think that you
,elieve Mr. Muhammad's garbled
Of Genesis given
rom notes he did not write, when
ou must know something about