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One of the basic concepts touted by the Nation of Islam is the superiority of people of African descent. Followers believe that Blacks are the original humans and Whites are potential humans. The original teachings of the organization hold that a Black scientist created White humans. According to these teachings, the scientist created Whites with the intention of forming a race that would oppress and oppose the original people for 6,000 years.
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The Nation of Islam is an African-American fraternal and political organization that really has little to do with Islam. Learn more about the history of this group, biographies of the leaders, and comparisons between their beliefs and those of mainstream Islam.
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- National Hurricane Center director Bill Proenza left his position Monday, just days after nearly half of the NHC staff signed a petition calling for his ouster. Hurricane Center Bill Proenza left his job as director Monday. Proenza is still employed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration -- a parent organization of the NHC -- but he is currently on leave, said NOAA spokesman Anson Franklin. His staffers on Thursday issued a petition calling for him to step down.
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The Nation took in huge amounts of money during White's time with the organization, and he said little of it went to help the poor. Six or seven top leaders are ''living large'' and raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars, he said, with Farrakhan himself profiting even more.
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The American Indian Culture and Research Journal is now accepting manuscript submissions between 15-35 pages (including notes) for a special edition focusing on the current status of American Indian Nations, tribes, and communities impacted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Articles should focus on tribal invisibility during the mainstream media's news coverage of the Hurricane on television and in newspapers, the support of American Indian Nations and organizations during and after the Hurricane, the preservation of cultural traditions post-Katrina (i.e., white oak and rivercane basketry, weaving palmetto, weaving Spanish moss, sacred corn feasts, Mardi Gras regalia making, etc.) including sacred and historic sites (Natchez mounds, Marksville mounds Congo Square, etc.), the history of tribes in the Gulf Coast Region and the struggle for recognition, the re-building process in states such as Louisiana and Mississippi, personal family narratives, the economic impact on indigenous communities, including, but not limited to the displacement of the Houma, Tunica-Biloxi, Chitimacha, Choctaw, and Mardi Gras Black Indians, interracial group relations, and the current status of tribal and community sustainability and recognition.
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"This is a new low for Texas," said Larry Cox, executive director of Amnesty International USA, a human rights organization that opposes the death penalty in all cases. "Allowing his life to be taken is a shocking perversion of the law."
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