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The honorable Elijah Muhammad saw a black man get hung
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Everything that you have experienced in life shapes you into who you are. When the honorable Elijah Muhammad was a young boy something happened that stayed with him for the rest of his life. He saw a black man that he knew get hung by a group of whites.

Here is the direct quote from the book.

In the early 1900's, Elijah had a terrifying experience that would haunt him for the rest of his life. Disobeying his fathers strict orders one day, he left the dirt road leading to the family cabin for a short cut through the woods. Elijah hid at the sound of approaching boots and saw three white men leading a captured black man he recognized from town. He watched the white men brutalize and insult their captive before hanging him by the neck from a rope. After the three men strolled away, Elijah crawled out from his hiding place and made his way to the body. Standing beneath the lynched man he felt something wet dripping down onto his neck, it was blood. The scene froze in the child's mind and would serve as a constant reminder of white man's evil nature.

The honorable Elijah Muhammad knew that man because he use to visit his father's church.

The quote above came from this book called In the name of Elijah Muhammad Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. That is from chapter 3 of that book.

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When the honorable Elijah Muhammad was 10 years old, he saw another black man get hung by whites. A group of whites went into a black part of town and hung an 18 year old young man that the honorable Elijah Muhammad knew.

Link to this hanging. http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/c/clegg-original.html
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Big Mike

When a young child see something like that, that will shape his or her view on race and life in America.
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UTB

The incident where his friend got lynched, happened in Cordele Ga.Elijah was from Sandersville Ga, near Augusta Ga.
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