_____________________FOR WHUR WORLD. SOME BLACK MUSLIMS THINK THEYRE BEING JUDGED MORE AFTER A RECENT F-B-I RAID OF AN UMMAH MUSLIM GROUP GATHERING PLACE. THE UMMAHS ARE THE THIRD LARGEST BLACK MUSLIM GROUP IN THE U-S. THE F-B-I RAIDED A DETROIT WAREHOUSE WHERE THE GROUP MET BECAUSE LEADER LUG-MAN A-MEAN ABDULLAH PREACHED HATE AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. ABDULLAH WAS KILLED AT THE SCENE. AFRICAN AMERICANS BEGAN GRAVITATING TOWARD THE MUSLIM RELIGION IN THE 1930s BECAUSE OF ITS MESSAGE A BLACK PRIDE DURING RACIAL PREJUDICE. FORMER CRIMINALS HAVE FOUND ISLAM S REGIMENTED LIFESTYLE BENEFICIAL TO THEIR HEALING. ACCORDING TO LAWRENCE MAMIYA, A PROFESSOR OF RELIGION AT VASSAR COLLEGE, MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS USE ISLAM TO STRENGTHEN THEIR SPIRITUALITY.
BERNICE KING, DAUGHTER OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING J R. BECAME THE 8TH PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON FRIDAY. SHE IS THE 3RD IN HER FAMILY TO HEAD THE CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. HER FATHER AND BROTHER, MARTIN LUTHER KING THE THIRD, SERVED AS THE FIRST AND FOURTH PRESIDENTS. KING BEAT OUT J UDGE WENDELL GRIFFEN OF LITTLE ROCK BY A 23 TO 15 VOTE. SHE PLANS TO REBUILD THE PROMINENCE OF THE S-C-L-C. SHES ALSO URGING YOUNG PEOPLE TO J OIN AND WANTS TO BRIDGE THE GENERATIONAL GAP BETWEEN THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND HIP-HOP ERAS. THE S-C-L- C HAS ABOUT 10 THOUSAND MEMBERS WITH NEARLY 80 CHAPTERS ACROSS 17 STATES. A CHINESE T-V STATION HAS GOTTEN BACKLASH FROM THEIR VIEWING AUDIENCE FOR ALLOWING A BI-RACIAL WOMAN PERFORM ON A TV TALENT SHOW. LOU J INGS MOTHER IS FROM SHANGHAI AND HER FATHER IS AFRICAN AMERICAN. AFTER SINGING AND BECOMING ONE OF FIVE FINALIST ON DRAGON T-VS GO ORIENTAL ANGEL, BLOGGERS STORMED THE INTERNET WITH CRITICISM, RAGE AND CHOICE WORDS. TO DATE MARRY OR HAVE A CHILD WITH A PERSON OUTSIDE THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IS TABOO. LAST YEAR, VOLLEYBALL Anastacia Mebane
PLAYER DING HUI, WHO IS BOTH CHINESE AND AFRICAN, WASNT ALLOWED TO PLAY ON CHINAS NATIONAL TEAM. MEDIA COMMENTATOR HUNG HUANG SAYS ITS A SHAME WE CANT EVEN ACCEPT THIS GIRLS WITH A DIFFERENT SKIN COLOR AFTER PRESIDENT OBAMAS HISTORIC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. TAG: I'M_______, BE SURE TO J OIN US TOMORROW AT 1 AND 4 P.M. EASTERN STANDARD TIME FOR YOUR NEWS IN TWO ON WHUR WORLD.