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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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In Chicago, Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Black Muslims, spoke to 3,000 at McCormick Place on Sunday, demanding federal tax exemptions for Negroes due to unequal justice and calling for racial separation including segregated schools, banned mixed marriages, and a separate state.
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CHICAGO Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Black Muslims, has demanded that the federal government exempt all
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Negroes from taxes. Muhammed, who advocates territorial separation of the black and white races, told 3,000 Negroes at McCormick Place Sunday that Negroes should not have to pay taxes "as long as we are deprived of equal justice under the law."
He also called for "our former slavemasters" to arrange for separation of Negroes and whites on all fronts, including segregation in schools, a ban on mixed marriages, and the setting aside of a separate state for Negroes.
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Chicago
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Sunday
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Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Black Muslims, demanded that the federal government exempt all Negroes from taxes as long as they are deprived of equal justice under the law. He told 3,000 Negroes at McCormick Place that Negroes should not have to pay taxes. He also called for territorial separation of the black and white races, including segregation in schools, a ban on mixed marriages, and the setting aside of a separate state for Negroes.