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fo ol Fuser Negro } ac-! e to ‘Heatly tify more say eit mao “he says’ What. the’ [maa Neem ee want | — ae 200" Nationally, ¢ c: > Brie Lin- cole, author of “Fhé Black ca 2 -would triple that: figure— more than 50 temples in or citiet from Boston snd mi to San Diego.” . at - Lets Significant 2 However, thosé conversan with the movement state tha numerical strength is less}: significant than the nomber ‘of people who, while declin- ing to join the Muslims, never- theless, share many of: the criticisms of the erican scene made by the Muslims. This poses a challenge for evers in integration and §aradox for the Muslims. Th recent coalescing 6f in- tegfation forces demonstrates that these groups have 4 pred the challenge. - In addition to a closer gree of cooperation recen evidenced between traditional protest groups such ag the NAACP and the Congress of {past Equality, the recent past hag seen the organization of. pew groups such as the ‘United Action Committee for “Rufus Fairwell, the Integrated ‘Non-Violent Committee (the peat that ,egetsted i with i vice brut brutality) bee a group mittee and ‘the ngg-violent "| aspect of interlocking mem-'} } The bership; members of, the’! | th en mh |NAACP ‘and/or CORE’ and’ |§ other established groups also!i ta belonged to the Frirwell Coma! A distinction also is made between NAACP, for ex- ample, which is termed a per- manent group with the broad | goal of equal justice, and if airwell group, which is sgen aS a committee set up fod a. specific limited purpose. Newer Groups | Secondly, the newer groups, are causing people, who! though previously intellectu- af committed, to speak out take an active part in the stibegie. iscussing the future a Muslim movement, Linojln saw the Mustims caught dilemma: whether to retain their present militant, anti- white, anti-Christian pose or! modify it to win followers’ now repulsed by these Mus lim themes. | At their Feb. 26° Chicago’ |national convention, the. Mus- ‘lis made a bid for coopera- itifn with traditional protest ups. National leaders of NAACP and CORE re- iterated their distaste for ‘Muslim aratism, but i. eated-the pongibility a limithd Hlegree of cooperation on suth , issues as police brutality. | | ot Alone’ a ‘However, the police issue *s ‘not stand lone. ' Those ith an intimate knowledge of the Negro communify a 86 the issue as a “symbolic” me. It is related, they reason, a symbelic way to deep