The Genesis Years of Elijah Muhammad

Book excerpt: This book represents the early writings of Elijah Muhammad when he submitted hundreds of articles to news organs like the Herald Dispatch, Amsterdam News, The Chicago Crusader and the Pittsburgh Courier. These newspapers were circulated primarily throughout thethe black community. Schools of thought developed with notables like Elijah Muhammad, a staunch advocate of racial separation on one side, and Martin Luther King, a government sponsored poster boy for racial integration on the other. Elijah Muhammad writing challenged many white preachers openly and refuted their claim of divinity. He address what had come to be known as open conspiracy to destroy the black man and woman through Catholic sponsored birth control.