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Dwight D. York (26 June 1945— )
is the founder of various religious and black nationalist groups, an author, musician, and convicted child molester
Background
Note: York's biography is difficult to determine, as much of the story he and his followers have revealed is mythical rather than historical.
In some versions, he claims that he is not "Dwight York" at all:
He served three years in prison in the mid-1960s for resisting arrest, assault and possession of a dangerous weapon.
In the late 1960s York, calling himself "Amunnnubi Rooakhptah," invented a quasi-muslim black nationalist movement based on something called the "Science of Nuwaubu." (One description says that Nuwaubu consists of right knowledge, right wisdom, and right "overstanding" — "To know is knowledge. Knowledge is mental power. Knowledge is correct information and now out-formation. Of course, knowledge can be thought, spoken, or written. Knowledge is the best information. Wisdom is knowing how and when to use knowledge. Overstanding is receipt of knowledge by the mind and is the unity of knowledge and wisdom.")
He changed his name to "Imaam Isa" and started his "Ansaar Pure Sufi" ministry to the "Nubians" in Brooklyn. The group became the "Nubian Islaamic Hebrews" in 1969.
After York returned from a pilgrimage to Egypt, the group went through additional name changes, becoming "Jazzir Abba," then the "Ansaaru Allah Community" in 1970 (which a 1993 FBI report accused of being a "front for a wide range of criminal activity, including arson, welfare fraud and extortion."). York's groups later took on a new array of names and functions — religious, fraternal, and tribal — including the "Yamassee Native American Tribe," the "Washitaw Tribe," "The International Egyptian Church," "The Holy Tabernacle Ministries," "The United Nuwaubian Nation Of Moors," the "Holy Seed Baptist Synagogue" and "the Ancient Mystic Order of Melchizedek," and York himself tried on a myriad of handles, including The Supreme Grand Master Dr. Malachi Z. York, Dr. Malachi Z. York-El, Nayya Malachizodoq-El, and Chief Black Eagle (the Nuwaubian Moors are descendants of the Olmecs via Egypt over an ancient land bridge to Georgia).
A Musical Career
York claims to have worked as a studio musician with groups like Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, The Delfonics and Evelyn 'Champagne' King. Then, as "Dr. York," he sang vocals on a solo project and for a band called "Passion," hoping to "reach a mass majority of my people through my music." He put out a single: "Shake-n-Skate" b/w "Roll-a-Rock".
He later frequently exaggerated his musical contributions, and stated at one point that "you were listening to my hits back in the 60’s and did not know it, nor did you know that songs which were considered 'message music' in the 70’s were written by me."(http://www.factology.com/doc/written6.htm)
...(more on Wikipedia)
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