A Jewish Civil Rights Hero Warns the ‘Devils’

Andrew Goodman died along with Michael Schwerner and James Chaney in 1964 and is considered a civil rights martyr. He made an extraordinary observation about the Nation of Islam in a thesis he wrote dated May 19, 1964, titled “THE BLACK MUSLIMS: A PHENOMENON OF NEGRO REACTION”:

“…it is true that the white man (and by this I mean Christian civilization in general) has proved himself to be the most depraved devil imaginable in his attitudes towards the Negro race….The source and cause of this need for reaction can be attributed to white contempt and neglect. The historical contempt that the white race held for the Negroes has created a group of rootless degraded people. The current neglect of the problem can only irritate this deplorable state of affairs. The Black Muslims should constitute a warning to our society, a warning that must be heeded if we are to preserve the society. The road to freedom must be uphill, even if it is arduous and frustrating. A people must have dignity and identity. If they can’t do it peacefully, they will do it defensively.”

[See Andrew Goodman’s thesis at https://noirg.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Andrew.Goodman.Black_.Muslims.pdf]