aug 07
The Black Muslims Of Oakland: Part One
Recent Events
The Black Muslims of Oakland, California, were in the news again on Friday, August 3, when SWAT teams raided the main premises of their bakery. 19 people were arrested from "Your Black Muslim Bakery" at 5832 San Pablo Avenue, and guns were seized. On the previous day a journalist, 57-year old Chauncey Bailey, had been shot dead in a street as he went to work. Mr Bailey had recently been appointed editor of the Oakland Post, and had been working on a story on the Black Muslims. For two months the bakery, founded in 1968, had been under surveillance. Members of the sect were suspected to be involved with the murders of 31-year old Odell Robertson Jnr, who had been gunned down on July 8 this year, and 36-year old Michael J. Wills, shot on July 12.
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