ACCEPT YOUR OWN OR PERISH August 6, 1965 By Messenger Elijah Muhammad

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(God) Himself a s t ow h e n our fathers were brought rh e r e . W e d on o t n e e d t os a y t h a t it i s t i m e t h a t w e s h o u l d b e separated f r o m o u r slavemasters and returned t o our o w n people a n dnative land or b e given a chance t o live somewhere else a n dt o ourns e l v e s , o t h e r t h a n w i t h o u r slave-master's children. W e have a Bible, which the This m a k e s a difference o f about 7 years between t h e Christians gave u s a n d i time Allah ( G o d )said w e bears witness t o what M r . is preaching, were brought here a n d t h M e u h a m m a d date w h e n they said w e were that i t . i s time, after 4 0 0 brought here. B u t w h o i sy e a r s o f s e r v i t u d e a n d f r e e better - knowing than A l l a h s l a v e r y , f o ro u r p e o p l e h e r e .

It i su pt ous, the so-called A m e r i c a n Negroes, t h e lost and found members o f o u Nation, w h ohave been sepa r a t e d f r o m o u rp e o p l e f o r o v e r 400 y e a r s , i nfact, since 1555, a l t h o u g h , a c c o r d i n g t o the standard histories o f America, the first voyage o f John H a w k i n s t o bring slaves f r o m Africa, w a s i the y e a r 1562.

D e d i c a t e d to Freedom, Justice and h quality for the so-calle d Negro. The Earth Belo ngs to Allah

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wonderful preaching should have inspired a l lo f u st o sign h i s name o n paper, a g r e e i n g a n da p p r o v i n g o f Mr. Muhammad's conditional p r o g r a m p u tbefore t h e white American government and, which appears o n t h e last page o f this newspaper.

" W h a t the M u s l i m s W a n t " S p a c e a n dt i m e w o u l d n o t is n o tt o b e r e a d o n l y i n permit m e t o write a l l that light o f w h a t believers a n d the Bible has t ooffer a s veri- followers o f M r . M u h a m m a d ft i c a t i o n o f w h a t M r . M uw a- n t , b u t a s a c h a l l e n g e t o h a m m a d i s preaching b y t h e e n t i r e 22,000,000 o r m o r e w a y o f s e p a r a t i o n f r o m o u r of u s t o s a yw h a t w e w a n t , s l a v e - m a s t e r s , a n dl i v i n g o n t o a g r e e w i t h M r . M u h a m some o f this earth w e c a n call o u ro w n .T r u l y , such

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t H u l t a m m a d S p eak$ A U G U S T 6, 1965

Messenger of A l l a h

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Advance Orders Open For Mighty Book By Muhammad See P. 2 2

15c—OUTSIDE

I L L I N O I S 20c

Warns:

ACCEPT YOUR PERISH

Hear Muhammad in Detroit, Aug. 8, Cobo Arena!


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