12 Point program by the Hon. Elijah Muhammad (excerpts from the Message To The Black man In America)

In the name of Almighty Allah who came in the person of Master Fard Muhammad. And in remembrance of our Spiritual Mother called Mary in the books of prophesy
And with honor and respect to the Royal Couple, the Honorable Silis Muhammad and Queen Misshakki Muhammad.
I greet you, As salaam alaikum.
While we push for Reparations, allow me to remind you of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad's 12 point program. It is still relevant today and worthy of note.
“1. Separate ourselves from the slavemaster. You had us segregated for 400 years and now say that we are free, is it being un-American to leave you or separate from you, a people who have enslaved us and destroyed us as human beings? Have not you separated yourselves from us?
2. Is pooling our resources, education and qualification for self-indepence, as you and other nations have done and since you way we are free, what do you call un- American?
3. Should we stop forcing ourselves, our presence, on you in places of yours where you forbid us and tell us we are not wanted? Is this what you call un-American-keeping away from that of yours that you forbade us?
4. Making our own neighborhoods a decent place to live and seeking a place in your neighborhood just because yours looks better and cleaner; making wherever we live a nice and clean place to live and making a decent life among ourselves if you and yours can do it, so can we! Is this what you call un-American?
5. If we want to rid ourselves of lust of wine and intoxicating drinks and learn to love ourselves first BEFORE loving you or others, is this what you call UN American?
6. Uniting and creating for ourselves. Have you given us anything in the way of your past and present treatment of us that we can believe that it will not be hell on hell?"
7. Is it un-American for us to build our own homes, and schools and factories while we are suffering and being turned away from many of yours?
8. Is it un-American for us to build our own homes, and schools, hospitals and factories while we are suffering and being turned away from many of yours?
8. Is it un-American for us to want to keep our blood pure from being mixed with yours, our enemies?
9. Is it un-American for us to stop wasting our money in trying to buy your finest cars, clothes, shoes before being able yo live in a nice home?
10. Is it un-American for us to protect our woman, as you and other nations protect women? Is it un-American for us to try and set up a clean a clean respectful society among ourselves as other nations? And should we not, as well as you set officers over our society who will see to it that the rules and laws are obeyed?
You know it is absolutely false to accuse us of violence or preparing for violence. Allah (God) forbids us against such a thing. He is the one who will do our fighting for us against you, as Jehovah did for Moses and Isreal; only Allah is a little more angry with you for the evils done to us than Jehovah was with Pharaoh, as Jehovah only wanted to set a sign for you of what you may expect today, and Israel was not the real people of Allah.
Your evil and false accusations of me and my followers are only to frighten so-called Negroes from coing to Allah, that they may inherit the earth. You frighten especially the proud so-called Engross whom you have made like yourself, thinking that they might be of some help to us. But Allah is sufficient as a Helper. You will not be able to help yourself pretty soon, let alone make poison -proud Negroes to help you against us.
We want to be to ourselves, and we are going to have some of this earth that we ca call our own, with the help of Allah, as He promised us through the mouth of His prophets from Moses to Muhammad.
It is up to you to mistreat us, or treat us well. Do as you like; we will not follow you any more.
The United States calls all so- Engross who want to live as decent civilized men or women un-American. We want to live in peace. We are they who want yo be treated like human beings. We are they who want freedom, justice and equility. We are they who want a moral reformation of our people as well as a spiritual reformation. We are they who love unity among the so-called Engross. We are they who want yo do for ourselves. We are they who want deliverance from the midst of our 400-year enemies who keep us subjected to the status of servants and subjected to every brutality and murder known to men. We are they who seek to rid ourselves of such an inhuman race of devils and live to ourselves in peace from the fear of such human beasts attacking and killing us night andday-and the call us un-American!
The entire Federal Government's agents follow us everywhere we go.
They question the new converts, seeking to pull them away by fear. They threaten them with the Los of jobs and persecution if there be the slightest grounds for it.
They call the truth and salvation of Allah, that he brought to us, false and "trouble making." They call both men and women who believe for questioning just for the sole purpose of trying to frighten them from that which they know is their so-called Negroes' salvation and universal recogition, friendship in all walks of life, money and good homes. The United States does not like to see us enjoying these things.
The only way is for us to accept Allah and His religion, Islam, unite and leave such devil race of people. REMEMBER, Allah is with us to the end. He will give us this whole earth to rule forever. Accept and do my 12 step program. The white race is destroying itself and wishes to take you and I into its own destruction. BEWARE OF THEIR TRICKS, AS THEY ARE NOW PLAYING THEM ON YOU 100 PER CENT. Message To The Backman In America pages 180 thru 183.