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hy, Pes oe me, ~~ Chicago File 61-293 £ ee h enabled him to sway the poor and unlettered peop}2 rho listened to hin 4oqt of them remembered the race riots of 294°; 211 of them had exparien.ed discrimination anc other wrongs, DEDW ALL was offering tien prid2 cf race ard cierity. In 1827 a successful conventiva encourazed URT/ ALI to expand his proselytising activities to other cities, It is difficult te essertain just how mary temples resulted, but those in Pittsburgh, Metrcit; Charleston, . West Virginia; Lansing, Michigan; and Youngstown, Ohio are fcirly :-ell authenticated, DREW ALT had written and published his "Koran," a slim pamphlet consisting of a carious mixture of the Mohammedan holy book of the same name, tne Christian Bible and anecdctes of the life of Jesus--the whole hcund together with the Prophet's own pronouncements and interpretations, The Prophet began to do a profitable business in various nostrums ami charms he had concocted, among them Qld Moorish Healing Oi1, Moorish Purifier Bath Compound and Moorish Herb Tea for Human Ailments. More and more "Asiatics" rlocked to the star eid ciescent standard. Thay flaunted their fezzes on the street and treated the white man with undisguised -. contempt. The Prophet announced that each devout Hoorish Amcrican must carry a card bearing his cr2¢centials and his real (or Asiatic) name, signed by the Prophet with his sual. Often enough "Slave" nares ‘vere transformed into "real" ones by the simple addition of "El" or "Bey", thesu being titles signifying Moorish dignity, The membership card and button, when displayed to Europeans, would convince them that the bearcr was enlightened and a = a a | member of an organi fcared and respected. eatin ak GavVLOLL to QU rs To the Prophct this theory of new-found independcnea had been a more or less purely ethical or theoretical point, and ho had not reckoned on its practical effect among his zealous followcrs, Alarming reports of strect brawls, _ thrcats, insults, and minor violence centcring around Moorish Amcricans were brought to his noticc. Members were accosting the whitc cncmy on the streots, showing their membership cards and buttons, and proclaiming in the name of their Prophct, NOBLE IREJ ALI, that they had been fread of Buropean domination. -» Recalling the downfall of the militant Abyssinians and contomplating the Mee - current difficultics of the Garvcy movement, DREW ALI issucd this Ukasce oom - “SY hereby warn all ioors that they must coase from 211 * radical or agitating speeches while on their jobs, or in their homes, or on the strccts, Stop flashing your cards ;, before Europeans as this only causcs confusion. We did not omc te causa confusion; our work is to uplift thc nation." ; (’ NTA Las te a»