Marvin X and his Muse Fahizah Alim; she inspires the poet
plato Negro at his Academy of da Corner, 14th and Broadway, downtown Oakland
Poet Samantha Akwei and Tarika Lewis
Poet Samantha Akwei
No matter how much we cursed him, spat on him, ridiculed him, he persisted with the truth until we submitted and in the end we did. Some of us joined the Nation of Islam, others joined the Sunni movement of Waritth Din Muhammad, some became Shi'ite. But Brother Edward was the evangelist.
And so today, we honor and praise Brother Edward, Nation of Islam soldier, who saved us deaf dumb and blind intellectuals, who knew nothing but thought we knew everything. Thank you Brother Edward and all the FOI who came on campus to save us deaf dumb and blind students.
--Marvin X