Huey Newton and the Black Panthers supported the full freedom of Palestine. When we stand with Palestine, just know that we are standing on the shoulders of our anscestors.pic.twitter.com/86qztDV7Eq
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The history of African American support of Palestine goes deep. Our dear brother Malcolm X supported Palestine. Here he is in 1965 meeting with the early members of the PLO.pic.twitter.com/J9GIao6IUr
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In fact, he is meeting with the founding chairman of the PLO, Ahmad Shuqayri-among other leaders.
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Thanks for that clarity
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No this is summer of 1964. See my dissertation which is on this history and Malcolm’s Middle East and Africa travels.
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Thank you!!
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My dissertation should be available online. Also has pictures from these trips taken by Black Americans to what I call “Palestinian geographies”
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Can I have a look?
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yes! @jeff_text posted the link to my dissertation on this thread.
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Shaun, What was MLK's position on Palestine? I get conflicting information.
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So I thought this but the consensus is that this was a fraud https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_to_an_Anti-Zionist_Friend …
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And when I started the Palestine Human Rights Campaign, in the mid 70’s, Jesse Jackson, Joseph Lowery, Ralph Abernathy etc were early supporters. They went to Lebanon, met w/ Arafat. The remarkable Jack O’Dell & I wrote a book back then “Afro-Americans Stand Up for ME Peace”.
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