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Moorish Science Temple of America — Part 14
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In en effort to ascertain the whereabouts of one of the rescerfbet
brench of the Temple followin REY of Trenton, New Jeréey,: —
introduced the writer under pre “a negro woman 11 “om. Fe
Glassboro, New Jersey by the name of|
rn tm, RR Hom
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She referred to the members of thia cult as the “Beye” and believed
that EL was the leader because he snd his father, °
KL, ve une members to a meeting every Sunday to e place far in’ 2 tb.
: Where they spend the entire day. She seid some of the members of that group .-
“" ghave. In sddition to the emily, she believed that the femily
at belong et branch end that altogether there are about,
ten 88 constitute ” the membera of that group. al _
Another colored women, whose neme vas own even to 7
seid she believed her neighbor on Academy Strvet, wes one or”. a
the lesders of the MOORISH SCIENCE TEMPLE and waa und or pression that )
they uged to meet from house-to-house. valine
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ee
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‘ the writer interviews
: EL, eesboro, New Jersey. It should be nié pe
s a point that he was named ss 4a reference in thé conacient b ector' a a
forms filed by EY and
not registered for ective Service
nine yeers of age. He furnished the following
pe. Of subject organization in Glessboro, New Jersey that aia not believe in the Ce
'- yeinecarnation of\the Prophet NOBLE DREW ALI:
hard a
The MOORISH SCIENCE TEPLE, OF AMERICA in Glassboro vas originally .
orgenized in about 1932 by the Prophet RORLE DREW ALI after he had organizeé ~~
similer groups in Newark, New Jersey and in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When
the Prophet died he left them the Koren and questionnaire which are still .
used. Then in ebout 1934 the group split up e=-r the question of the rein-
carnation of the Prophet and alao over the qu,
ion of wearing beards and 7 :
other orthodox practices. The group of. whic BEY ie leader is —
— EE Soi the group which broke away from his, _
group ager of the group fo wht chr, belongs is the
f <Aseistent Sheik L, son of x.. The Sheik is
t
i
|B: ! Thie group in Glassboro ia Temple Nr. %, and it ""se observed by
i. = the writer that they have a small wooden ahack for a temple on the west side * —
aes L of Douglaa Street between Sth and 6 Lasaboro, just around the — .
~ cornér from the Temple occupled y iiliali x, leader of the Set bOr TN
fs. -"d@ox group. | Sa ae ne ee eee ye
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