‘Black People Are Actually Jew[s]’: The History Behind Kanye West’s Inflammatory Comments

An idea introduced in the late 19th century by preachers trying to promote African American uplift and racial justice became, over time, a rhetorical weapon used against Jews by Blacks distrustful of them

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In 1892, an Oklahoma preacher born into slavery received a series of divine revelations that compelled him to launch a new church and, with it, a new religious movement in the United States: Black Israelism, better known as the Black Hebrew Israelite movement.

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