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September 12, 2000
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Race crisis still grips the "New" South Africa
Black girl is stripped, painted white!
JOHANNESBURG�In late August, a 14-year-old Black girl went into a store in the South African, Northern Province town of Louis Trichardt. The white manager of the store accused her of shoplifting. Protesting but terrified, she was dragged to a back room in the store, stripped naked to the waist, painted white from the top of her head down to her belly button and thrown out into the street.

Time for change
World Mathaba of Libya, which supported liberation movements, plans its future
SIRTE, Libya��On this historical day and meeting we should reaffirm our existence, we should extend a hand to peace movements,� Col. Muammar Gadhafi, leader of the Libyan Great Al-Fateh Revolution, told delegates and heads of state gathered for the 3rd Congress of the World Mathaba. �Mathaba should impose itself on the world arena,� he said.

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Min. Farrakhan and Imam Mohammed embrace at Muslim Convention

CHICAGO�A roar of cheers and a standing ovation greeted the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan as thousands attended the closing ceremony of the Muslim American Society�s 25th Annual Islamic Convention on Sept. 3.  More than 10,000 attended the power-packed convention, held here Sept. 1-4 at the Palmer House Hotel, the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Kennedy King College and the University of Chicago Pavilion. Conventioneers were immersed in activities related to the conference theme, �The Muslim American Society in the Year 2000 and Beyond.�

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N.J. organizers push Million Family March NEWARK�With less than two months to go, the state is getting ready for the Million Family March, gathering the support of local activists, residents and politicians, members of the New Jersey State Organizing Committee recently reported. �I have promised the Hon. Minister Louis Farrakhan that we would surpass the 20,000 men that attended the Million Man March from New Jersey,� said Larry Hamm, state-organizing chairman.