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...Muhammad began the event, which was moderated by Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III, with a brief history of the Nation of Islam, which he said was built around teachings of Black pride and self-awareness...
Nation of Islam Minister Don Muhammad and Jewish activist Jack Nusan Porter addressed an audience of more than 100 students and faculty last night in a "conversation on Black-Jewish Unity...
...Muhammad, who presides over Muhammad's Mosque No. 11 in Boston, said that reconciling differences between Blacks and Jews will require "a concerted effort." He criticized a "segment of the Jewish people who have a great deal of influence or power [over other Jews]" for exacerbating tensions...
...plot follows the trajectory of Malcolm's short life, from his tragic childhood in Lansing, Michigan, through his career as an urban hustler in Boston, his conversion to the Nation of Islam under Elijah Muhammad and his assassination at 39. The less savory aspects of his life are glossed over in favor of his iconographic significance as the avenging angel of black America. "My truth is a hammer," sings the jailed Malcolm in the extraordinary aria that ends the first act. "It will beat you down when you least expect . . . You want the truth, but you don't want...
...Muhammad Ali returned and added to his legend. So did Ted Williams. But Ali, gone only four years, made his comeback at 30. Williams came back, once (from World War II) at 27, then again (from Korea) at a still vigorous 35. Those who came back past their prime -- Bjorn Borg, Mark Spitz, Joe Louis -- merely embarrassed themselves...