Speakers Br. Mustafa White ICNA Houston Board Member Imam Khalid Griggs Chairman of ICNA CSJ
‘American Dream’ Achieved at the Expense of African Americans?
Source: The Guardian At the start of black history month in the US, we take a look at a seminal speech by the writer, essayist, poet and civil rights activist James Baldwin. At Cambridge University Union in 1965, Baldwin debates whether the ‘American dream’ has been achieved at the expense of African-Americans. Following is a brief snippet of that debate. …
Recalling the Legacy: El Hajj Malik El Shabazz/Malcolm X
By Imam Khalid Griggs One of the most transcendent leaders of the 20th century was El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, Malcolm X. In the relatively short lifespan of 39 years, Brother Malcolm captivated the imagination of struggling people of African descent and the Muslim world while inspiring organized resistance to institutional racism, both at home and abroad. Despite the fact that …
