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DAYTON -- An executive from Nortel Networks Inc. and a 20-year veteran of NCR Corp. have new jobs as senior vice presidents of NCR. Malcolm Collins, who had been Nortel's president of Enterprise Networks, will join NCR on March 1 to lead the Financial So - lutions Division, which includes
More to the point, it's hard for an all-Black organization that has referred to White people as "devils" to receive mainstream acceptance - not that the NOI has ever cared anything about that sort of acceptance. Consequently, the Nation has often been viewed as more of a fringe element than anything else; ragingly militant and pro-Black at its best, out-of-date and out-of-touch at its worst. Although most are familiar with the story of the late Malcolm X, and today's Minister Louis Farrakhan continues to draw huge crowds wherever he speaks - with or without press coverage - a dwindling number are aware of the late Elijah Muhammad, who served as mentor to both Malcolm X and Farrakhan. Even fewer have heard of Wallace D. Fard, later known as Master Wallace Fard Muhammad, who established t...
[Malcolm X] was on the fringes on the March on Washington," says Karl Evanzz, author of "The Messenger," which chronicles the lives of [Wallace D. Fard]'s protege Elijah Muhammad, his followers, Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan. "He was shocked that so may people turned out. It was a wake-up call. He thought the NOI should get active and make a coalition with the Civil Rights Movement. He realized the power that Dr. King had. And that he was too boxed in. What Malcolm said was that "the chickens had come home to roost" after [Kennedy]'s assassination, and Elijah punished him by forbidding him to speak publicly for "no definite time set." But in a May 1964 interview with A.B. Spellman for The Monthly Review, Malcolm said that obstacles were put in his path by those who were jealous of his...
... McCallum, Deputy Solicitor General Wallace, Malcolm L. Stewart, Mark B. Stern, and Alisa B. K...
The Nation of Islam (NOI) is coming home to Detroit. Trumpted as hit last major public address, NOI leader [Louis Farrakhan] wills speak in Detroit on Sunday, Feb. 25, at Ford Field during the organization's Saviours' Day. Thousands of people from around the country are expected to attend what has been billed as a historic event given Farrakan's struggle with cancer. Farrakhan's distrust for the mainstream media increased after a "60 Minutes" interview he granted to CBS' Mike Wallace in 2000 regarding the death of Malcolm X. The interview was conducted in conjunction with Malcolm X's daughter, Attallah Shabazz, who invited Farrakhan to join her on the news magazine show. In this period of testing, you can prove to the world that the Nation of Islam is more than the charisma, eloquence ...
PORTSMOUTH - Keith Eugene Wright, 51, formerly of Portsmouth, passed away in the Regional Hospital in High Point, N.C., March 3, 2007. He was predeceased by his father, James H. Lloyd Sr. He leaves to cherish his memory his mother, Emma L. Lloyd; three daughters, Patrice Kendrick (Wallace), Syreeta Wright, Eugenia Wright-Dailey (Malcolm); three grandchildren; one brother, Aubrey J. Wright; six sisters, Gloria L. Gaymon, Frances A. Flythe, Janet P. Thompson (Lloyd), Linda D. Jenkins (Richard), Lisa L. Lloyd-Britt (Roderick) and Hastie A. Jordan; aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws and friends. His memory will also be cherished by his companion, Andrea Salley.
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