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WSB-TV newsfilm clip of reporter Gene Greneker interviewing local Nation of Islam leader Hulon Shah following the arrest and police beating of five men from the Nation of Islam, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 March 6

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WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)

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In this WSB newsfilm clip from March 6, 1967 reporter Gene Greneker interviews Hulon Shah of the Nation of Islam following the arrest and police beating of five members of the Nation of Islam in Atlanta, Georgia. The clip contains several breaks; statements may not be completely recorded. The clip begins with the camera focusing on Hulon Shah, an African American man in a suit, bow tie, and a small, round, brimless cap with the initials F.O.I. on it. The initials on the cap, also known as a kufi, stand for "Fruit of Islam," the wing of the Nation of Islam responsible for security. On either side of Shah stand African American men in suits and bow ties; one of the men on the left wears sunglasses. Shaw reports that after the five members of the Nation of Islam were arrested and brought to the police station for processing, he arrived at 11:30 pm with one hundred dollars bond for each of the men and was told they would be released in another hour. When Shah and those with him returned at 12:15, the police informed him the men had attacked the police and were now being held on ten thousand five hundred dollars bond each. Shah indicates that after he spoke with the men in police custody, the men reported being beaten "viciously and inhumanly, kicked about the body, kicked in the ribs, and beaten about the head."Reporter Greneker adjusts some cords, and the camera focuses on several African...
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Greneker, GeneYahweh Ben Yahweh
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