AFRICAN AND AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSLIMS & MEMORIAL DAY
Black Soldiers of the 54th & 55th Massachusetts Regiment, Union Arny Buy it and Read it - It's very worthwhile Muhammad Ibn Said Muslim Memorial Day Commemoration 7 Sha’baan 1436 A.H./ May 25, 2015 C.E. During this month commemorating the 90 th birthday of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz/Malcolm X we remember the teaching made popular by him in the broad African American community, “Of all our studies history is best qualified to reward all research”. Historical research reveals that Memorial Day was started by black former slaves on may, 1, 1865 in Charleston, S.C. to honor 257 dead Union Army soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a confederate prison camp. They dug up the bodies and worked for 2 weeks to give them a proper burial , as gratitude for fighting for their freedom. They then held a parade of 10,000 people led by 2,800 black children where they marched, sang and celebrated [1] . Amongst those black soldiers who s