
Bayard Rustin, the African Hebrew Israelites, and the racism question
The civil rights leader traveled to Israel in January 1981 to study the plight of the Israelites.

The civil rights leader traveled to Israel in January 1981 to study the plight of the Israelites.

The Million Family March was one of the few times that Ben Ammi and NOI leader Louis Farrakhan appeared in public together.

She was my emah, I was her bain, we loved each other, and it was as simple as that.
After Kevin Penix, a young man from the Hebrew community in Dimona, decided to reveal the fact that he had undergone sexual abuse as a child, children and women of the community leveled harsh accusations against the heads of the community and the life they lead. Sexual abuse that crosses three generations, violence against children and infants, polygamy and the subjugation of women, poverty and overcrowding that leads to physical and emotional neglect, and a strict code of silence that forces all the information to stay inside the community. The heads of the community in response: “Our community is based on high moral values.”

Some relished the experience, bonding with their comrades and excelling at their jobs. Others hated everything about the army.