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~~, * t and @iber wrengs. prow ALL was offering then pride of rece and dignity. mie @ muceeasfel convention encouraged Brow £11 te expand by his proselytiaing ae activitios te ether sities. It de difficult to ascertaia juet how many teaples rerul wat those in Pittaburgk, Detroit; Charleston, Best Virginia} Pansies Bickley, and Youngstown, Chic are fairly weld authenticated. . 7 neon A24 had srittea and published ts “Korat, a clin pamphlet soneist- dng ef @ eurloas mixture of ths Bohamedan boly beck of the enme cane, the Ghristian Bible and anecdotes ef the }ife of Jeses—the whole bound together with . the Prophet's own presouncesents and interpretations, Tee Prophet Degen te de 6 profiteble business in various sostruas and cheres be had concooted, asong thane | OLA Noorish Realing GLl, Hoorieh Purifier Beth Compound ani Koorish Barb Tea fey Honan Si iments. . 2 panera ee ONT . ret ES sof Mow and more “agatation® flecked to the otar and crescent etandard. Dey flaunted their fesses on the atraet and treated the white wan with eniisgaleed — eonteapt. The Prophet anounced that each devout Moorish dmerican aust carry € ward bearing hie credentials and bia zeal for Asiatic) name, wigoed by the Prophet ‘ bis seal. Often enough “slave" sases ware transformed inte *real® anes by * Biaple addition of *Z1" or "Bey*, these baling titles sign fying Secri st aiguity. . ~mbership gard and batton, whet displayed te Europeans, would soavine ‘ ored bearar wae enlightened and » masher of an organisation | te be Toaret a weed, fo the Prophet thia tnacry ef mew-found independence had been a rere or - eee purely athical or theoretical point, and be bad aot reekoted an ite practionl it “etfect anong his seslouwe: followers. Alaraing reports af street brevis, toreate, i . ineulte, and minor viclence eantering around Koorish Asericans ware brought te his oP | . ‘gitice, Bombers were socosting the wiiite enemy on the atrects, showing teelir es pembership sards and tuttons, and preelaining in the same of their Prophets -— sWeble Brew Ali, that they hed been freed of Barcpean dosination. ; . Bee trem Alite leadership was goon eontested. In 1929 he becans exbroited ia eve & quarrel with Claude Greene, politician and former utler af Julius Roeenmld, ee who previously had joloed the teeple. One dey Drew arrived et ids offices to find gt that Greens hed moved 211 the fernitare eutelds and declared himself Grani Sheik. pee & civil war ensued, sach faction enlisting wapport from temples in ether eities. 7" Greene was shot and atabbed te death ia hie effiecs at the Gnity Clab en the night PNG He of March 15, 2929. Drow Ali was arrested and released on bond. He died ender aysterions airouaatances a fae weeks later. ; ro _ atteapta snmiccensfully te 7 a, another aspirant, and | douse! reno gnition as Grand Sheik. 7 ar ss . ~a- ADEE SANE I te AS mee aot Rr peg et