[colorado tanker]

The Temple of Islam was a forerunner of the Nation of Islam. Elijah Mohammed was arrested in this sweep and did time for draft evasion.

There was some sympathy for Japan among these small messianic or nationalistic groups as a non-white group who had defeated whites, as Japan did in the Russo-Japanese War. Some Japanese arrived to stir the pot. Some thought that a Japanese invasion would end segregation and discrimination.

Of course, the vast majority of blacks had nothing to do with these fringe groups, remained grounded in their traditional Christian denominations and served the nation at war.

[Seizethecarp]

Thanks. Elijah Mohammed is just the sort to attempt to convince blacks that they have “racial ties” to the Japanese!