Rapper Chuck D of the politically charged group Public Enemy once proclaimed that the Black Man did not land on Plymouth Rock as the white pilgrims are believed to have done, but instead Plymouth Rock landed on the Black Man. It had taken nearly four hundred years for the Black Man to climb from beneath this proverbial rock. Leading the climb during the civil rights movement was the Nation of Islam, the most influential and …showed first 75 words of 2438 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2438 total…to provide strength for the weak legs of the civil rights movement, and although not the sole influence behind the movement it was the strongest force. The nation will live on forever as an organization that was able to take religion and Black Nationalism, combine them in the perfect formula and fill the gaping emotional hole in Black America with a sense of pride and confidence never witnessed before, or any time after. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**