GROUPS CRITICIZE PLANNED SPEECH BY FARRAKHAN AT CONFERENCE IN JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Some advocates for racial equality are criticizing the selection of Louis Farrakhan as the keynote speaker for an annual convention of civil rights veterans in Mississippi.
Farrakhan leads the Chicago-based Nation of Islam, which published two books last year on what Farrakhan calls the "anti-black behavior" of Jews.
Leaders of two dozen churches and synagogues signed a statement Tuesday condemning this Friday's keynote choice as "offensive" and noting Farrakhan's past statements on Roman Catholicism, Judaism and homos*xuality.
During the civil rights struggles of the 1960s in Mississippi, Christian and Jewish leaders played critical roles.
A spokesman for the Nation of Islam wasn't immediately available for comment. Owen Brooks, director of the Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement, didn't respond to requests for comment.
Farrakhan leads the Chicago-based Nation of Islam, which published two books last year on what Farrakhan calls the "anti-black behavior" of Jews.
Leaders of two dozen churches and synagogues signed a statement Tuesday condemning this Friday's keynote choice as "offensive" and noting Farrakhan's past statements on Roman Catholicism, Judaism and homos*xuality.
During the civil rights struggles of the 1960s in Mississippi, Christian and Jewish leaders played critical roles.
A spokesman for the Nation of Islam wasn't immediately available for comment. Owen Brooks, director of the Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement, didn't respond to requests for comment.
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Harry, if I had the power I'll send you back to whatever insane asylum you escaped out of...